Variation in shoaling behavior in lake Mývatn threespine stickleback in relation to temperature and origin

• Main Author: Spencer William Edwards 1999-
• Other Authors: Háskólinn á Hólum
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Meistaraprófsritgerðir; Fiskeldis- og fiskalíffræði; Hornsíli; Mývatn; Aðlaganir; Aquaculture and fish biology; Behavioral variation; Threespine stickleback; Local adaptations
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/45851

Behavioral variation within populations has the potential to facilitate local adaptation and population divergence. The threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Lake Mývatn is an ideal candidate to study such local adaptations. Threespine stickleback diverge in their morphology and physiol...