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Is the three-spined-stickleback a threat to the Baltic predators?

Published: 09 July 2018

Three-spined stickleback have recently increased in many coastal areas of the Baltic Sea. Three-spined sticklebacks compete for food with other fish, and can also feed on their eggs and larvae. Does this pose a threat to the populations of coastal predatory fish such as pike and perch?

The question will be addressed by researchers from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) within the Kvarken Flada project, whose main partners are LUKE Naturresursinstitutet Finland, County Municipality of Västerbotten, Parks & Wildlife Finland and ELY-Centre of Ostrobothnia.

Kvarken flada in finaced by Interreg Botnia-Atlantica. 

Stay tuned!

More in the project at Kvarken flada webpage >>


Contact

Serena Donadi, Researcher
Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Freshwater Research, SLU
serena.donadi@slu.se, +46 10 478 42 09

Ulf Bergström, Researcher
Department of Aquatic Resources, Institute of Coastal Research, SLU
ulf.bergstrom@slu.se, +46 10 478 41 17