Fish–duck interactions in boreal lakes in Finland as reflected by abundance correlations

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• 作者：Veli-Matti V??n?nen (1) veli-matti.vaananen@helsinki.fi
  Petri Nummi (1)
  Hannu P?ys? (2)
  Martti Rask (3)
  Kari Nyberg (4)
• 关键词：Competition – Goldeneye – Green ; winged teal – Mallard – Perch – Pike – Predation
• 刊名：Hydrobiologia
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：November 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：697
• 期：1
• 页码：85-93
• 全文大小：323.1 KB
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• 作者单位：1. Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 27, 00014 Helsinki, Finland2. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Joensuu Game and Fisheries Research, Yliopistokatu 6, 80100 Joensuu, Finland3. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Evo Game and Fisheries Research, 16970 Evo, Finland4. Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P. O. Box 65, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
• ISSN：1573-5117

文摘

We studied the hypothesis that fish play an important role in lake use by ducks (pairs and broods) in boreal lakes. The study was based on densities of different duck and fish species in 28 boreal lakes in southern Finland. We focused on the three most common duck species (mallard Anas platyrhynchos, green-winged teal A. crecca and common goldeneye Bucephala clangula) and on the three most common fish species (perch Perca fluviatilis, roach Rutilus rutilus and pike Esox lucius) in the region. We considered both competitive and predatory interactions between ducks and fish, the perch and roach being potential competitors with ducks and the pike a potential predator of ducks. We found a negative association between green-winged teal brood density and total fish density, the other duck species having only a weak association with total fish density. When the three fish species were considered separately, a negative association, suggesting food competition, was found between perch, green-winged teal and goldeneye, whereas the role of roach as a food competitor seemed to be of minor importance. We did not find any clear signs of predatory effects of pike on ducks. Our results suggest that food competition is a more important factor than pike predation in affecting lake use by ducks in oligotrophic boreal environments in southern Finland.