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Parasitism and the Biodiversity-Functioning Relationship
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-15)
Species interactions can influence ecosystem functioning by enhancing or suppressing the activities of species that drive ecosystem processes, or by causing changes in biodiversity. However, one important class of species interactions – parasitism – has been little considered in biodiversity and ecosystem functioning (BD-EF) research. Parasites might increase or decrease ecosystem processes by ...
Diversifying selection drives parallel evolution of gill raker number and body size along the speciation continuum of European whitefish
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-02-05)
Adaptive radiation is the evolution of ecological and phenotypical diversity. It arises via ecological opportunity that promotes the exploration of underutilized or novel niches mediating specialization and reproductive isolation. The assumed precondition for rapid local adaptation is diversifying natural selection, but random genetic drift could also be a major driver of this process. We used 27 ...
Phenotype-environment association of the oxygen transport system in trimorphic European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) populations
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014-05-23)
New parasites and predators follow the introduction of two fish species to a subarctic lake: implications for food-web structure and functioning
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
Introduced species can alter the topology of food webs. For instance, an introduction can aid the arrival of free-living consumers using the new species as a resource, while new parasites may also arrive with the introduced species. Food-web responses to species additions can thus be far more complex than anticipated. In a subarctic pelagic food web with free-living and parasitic species, two fish ...
Invasion genetics of vendace (Coregonus albula (L.)) in the Inari-Pasvik watercourse: revealing the origin and expansion pattern of a rapid colonization event
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Species invasions can have wide-ranging biological and socio-economic effects and are generally unwanted by legislation. Identification of the source population as well as the ecology and genetics of both the invader population and the receiving community is of crucial importance. The rapid invasion of a small coregonid fish vendace (Coregonus albula) in a major northern European subarctic watercourse ...
Resource Partitioning in Food, Space and Time between Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus), Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) and European Whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus) at the Southern Edge of Their Continuous Coexistence
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Arctic charr and European whitefish are considered to be strong competitors in lakes, with the latter usually being the superior species. However, high niche plasticity and lake morphometry may suggestively facilitate resource partitioning and coexistence between charr and whitefish. Here, we explore the trophic niche utilization (diet and habitat use) of charr and whitefish co-occurring with brown ...
Prey diversity as a driver of resource partitioning between river-dwelling fish species
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-26)
Although food resource partitioning among sympatric species has often been explored
in riverine systems, the potential influence of prey diversity on resource partitioning is
little known. Using empirical data, we modeled food resource partitioning (assessed as
dietary overlap) of coexisting juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and alpine bullhead
(Cottus poecilopus). Explanatory variables ...
Allometric trajectories of body and head morphology in three sympatric Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) morphs
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-08-08)
A study of body and head development in three sympatric reproductively isolated Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) morphs from a subarctic lake (Skogsfjordvatn, northern Norway) revealed allometric trajectories that resulted in morphological differences. The three morphs were ecologically assigned to a littoral omnivore, a profundal benthivore and a profundal piscivore, and this was confirmed ...
The trade-off between fecundity and egg size in a polymorphic population of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)) in Skogsfjordvatn, subarctic Norway
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-02-26)
Reproductive traits differ between intralacustrine Arctic charr morphs. Here, we ex
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amine three sympatric lacustrine Arctic charr morphs with respect to fecundity, egg
size and spawning time/site to assess reproductive investments and trade-
offs, and
possible fitness consequences. The littoral omnivore morph (LO-
morph) utilizes the
upper water for feeding and reproduction and spawn ...
Polyunsaturated fatty acids in freshwater fishes increase with total lipids irrespective of feeding sources and trophic position
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-04-03)
Trophic transfer and retention of dietary compounds are vital for somatic development, reproduction, and survival of aquatic consumers. In this field study, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and fatty acids (FA) contents in invertebrates and fishes of pre-alpine Lake Lunz, Austria, were used to (1) identify the resource use and trophic level of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus), pike (Esox lucius), ...