Declining coastal piscivore populations in the Baltic Sea: Where and when do sticklebacks matter?

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 462-471

  Byström, Pär ^a   Bergström, Ulf ^b   Hjälten, Alexander ^a   Ståhl, Sofie ^a   Jonsson, David ^c   Olsson, Jens ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Department of Environment   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Coastal piscivores; Ecosystem coupling; Intraguild predation; Recruitment; Three spined stickleback

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; GAPE LIMITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LARVA; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PISCIVORE; POPULATION DECLINE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SPAWNING GROUND;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS; PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; PREDATION; SMEGMAMORPHA;

ANIMALS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEAWATER; SMEGMAMORPHA;

EID: 84936773548     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-015-0665-5     Document Type: Article

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