Habitat use and hybridisation between the Rocky Mountain sculpin ( Cottussp.) and slimy sculpin ( Cottus cognatus)

• Published in: Freshwater Biology
• Main Authors: Rudolfsen, Tyana, Ruppert, Jonathan L. W., Taylor, Eric B., Davis, Corey S., Watkinson, Douglas A., Poesch, Mark S.
• Other Authors: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2018
• Subjects: Cottus cognatus; Slimy sculpin
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13225; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Ffwb.13225; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/fwb.13225

Abstract Anthropogenic factors such as land‐use change, pollution, and climate change can cause fragmentation and reduce the amount of habitat by altering preferred conditions. This process can also bring about novel species interactions and, in some cases, create or alter levels of hybridisation be...