The effect of climate change on the fish community in Lille Rostavatn, northern Norway

• Main Author: Dalbak, Katrine
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2020
• Subjects: VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Økologi: 488; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Ecology: 488; VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Limnologi: 498; VDP::Mathematics and natural science: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Limnology: 498; Arctic charr; Salvelinus alpinus; Brown trout; Salmo trutta; Grayling; Thymallus thymallus; Burbot; Lota lota; Fish community structure; Climate change; resource partitioning; cold-water adapted; temperate-adapted; BIO-3950; Arctic; Lille Rostavatn; Målselv; Norway; Northern Norway; Zooplankton; lota
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20582

Over the last 20 years there has been a large change in the fish community structure in Lille Rostavatn, northern Norway. The relative contribution of the cold-water adapted fish species, Arctic charr ( Salvelinus alpinus ) and burbot ( Lota lota ), has distinctly decreased whereas the more temperat...