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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 ...
Invader population speeds up life history during colonization
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
We explore the long-term developments in population biology and life history during the invasion and establishment of the fish species vendace Coregonus albula in a subarctic watercourse by comparing life-history traits and molecular genetic estimates between the source and the colonist population. The two populations exhibited highly contrasting life-history strategies. Relative to the source ...
Lagesilda i Pasvikvassdraget : langtidseffekter av en biologisk invasjon
(Research report; Forskningsrapport, 2012)
Pasvikvassdraget har siden 1991 vært gjenstand for omfattende økologiske studier i regi av
Ferskvannsøkologisk faggruppe ved Universitetet i Tromsø. Undersøkelsene har særlig vært rettet mot å undersøke effektene av at lagesilda, en fremmed fiskeart for Nord-Norge, kom inn i vassdraget på slutten av 1980-tallet. For å få en grundig forståelse av økologien i vassdraget har studiene også omfattet ...
Speciation reversal in European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) caused by competitor invasion
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Invasion of exotic species has caused the loss of biodiversity and imparts evolutionary and ecological changes in the
introduced systems. In northern Fennoscandia, European whitefish (Coregonus lavaretus (L.)) is a highly polymorphic species
displaying adaptive radiations into partially reproductively isolated and thus genetically differentiated sympatric morphs
utilizing the planktivorous and ...
Contrasting Population and Life History Responses of a Young Morph-Pair of European Whitefish to the Invasion of a Specialised Coregonid Competitor, Vendace
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Invasions of non-native species represent a global problem of great scientific interest. Here we study in detail the response in population and life history characteristics of closely related native species, with divergent habitat preferences, that are impacted by an invading species over a sufficient time period to allow a new stable state to become established. A time series of 20 years starting ...
Planktivore vertical migration and shoaling under a subarctic light regime
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2009-03-20)
Visually foraging planktivorous fish are prey of visual predators, and their foraging behaviour may be affected by light levels both in terms of gain and risk. The large seasonal change in day length throughout a subarctic summer at 69°N was used to show the influence of light on diel vertical migration (DVM) and shoaling patterns in a planktivorous fish assemblage consisting of two species (<i>Coregonus ...
The role of gill raker number variability in adaptive radiation of coregonid fish
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2010-07-27)
Gill raker divergence is a general pattern in adaptive radiations of postglacial fish, but few studies have addressed the adaptive significance of this morphological trait in foraging and eco-evolutionary interactions among predator and prey. Here, a set of subarctic lakes along a diversifying gradient of coregonids was used as the natural setting to explore correlations between gill raker numbers ...
Temporal analysis shows relaxed genetic erosion following improved stocking practices in a subarctic transnational brown trout population
(Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-08-30)
Maintaining standing genetic variation is a challenge in human-dominated landscapes. We used genetic (i.e., 16 short tandem repeats) and morphological (i.e., length and weight) measurements of 593 contemporary and historical brown trout (Salmo trutta) samples to study fine-scale and short-term impacts of different management practices. These had changed from traditional breeding practices, using the ...