Perch and pike recruitment in coastal bays limited by stickleback predation and environmental forcing

• Published in: Estuarine, coastal and shelf science Vol. 246; p. 107052
• Main Authors: Donadi, Serena, Bergström, Lena, Bertil Berglund, Johnny Mats, Anette, Bäck, Mikkola, Roosa, Saarinen, Anniina, Bergström, Ulf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 05.11.2020
• Subjects: Baltic Sea; Ecology; Ekologi; Fish and Aquacultural Science; Fisk- och akvakulturforskning; Path analysis; Perch; Pike; Predator-prey reversal; Stickleback; Path analysis; Predator-prey reversal; Perch; Stickleback; Pike; Baltic Sea

Role reversal can shift fish communities from predator to prey dominance. In the Baltic Sea, the increase in abundance of the small-bodied three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) has co-occurred with declines of coastal predatory fish, such as perch (Perca fluviatilis) and pike (Esox luciu...