Blar i forfatter Doktorgradsavhandlinger (BFE-fak) "Mikkelsen, Nina"
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Predation on the demersal fish eggs of capelin Mallotus villosus and lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus in relation to recruitment
Mikkelsen, Nina (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2013-10-09)Mortality of demersal fish eggs caused by predation was investigated in this research project. The selected prey species were the Barents Sea capelin Mallotus villosus and lumpsucker Cyclopterus lumpus L, while the selected predators were capelin itself by cannibalistic behaviour and the invasive red king crab Paralithodes camtschaticus. Both capelin and lumpsucker are commercially important species ...