Lugert, Vincent ; Meyer, Elisabeth Irmgard; Scharsack, Jörn Peter ; Kurtz, Joachim: Effects of an anthropogenic saltwater inlet on three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae) and their parasites in an [...]
Inhalt
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Materials and methods
- The study area
- Collection of sticklebacks, water parameters and accompanying fauna
- Dissections and parasite screen
- Calculation of growth rates and body condition parameters
- Parasite infection data
- Statistical analysis
- Results
- Water temperature and conductivity
- Development of stickleback age classes
- Stickleback growth
- Body condition parameters
- Parasites
- Stickleback stomach content
- Accompanying ichthyofauna
- Discussion
- Acknowledgements
- Funding
- References