Replication data for: Resource use of Crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size, predation risk, and resource competition (doi:10.18710/WQWO24)

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Title:

Replication data for: Resource use of Crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size, predation risk, and resource competition

Identification Number:

doi:10.18710/WQWO24

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DataverseNO

Date of Distribution:

2022-05-27

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Bibliographic Citation:

de Meo, Ilaria, 2022, "Replication data for: Resource use of Crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size, predation risk, and resource competition", https://doi.org/10.18710/WQWO24, DataverseNO, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

Replication data for: Resource use of Crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size, predation risk, and resource competition

Identification Number:

doi:10.18710/WQWO24

Authoring Entity:

de Meo, Ilaria (Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences)

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

de Meo, Ilaria

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Magnus, Marius

Other identifications and acknowledgements:

Poleo, Antonio B. S.

Producer:

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

Distributor:

DataverseNO

Distributor:

Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences

Access Authority:

de Meo, Ilaria

Depositor:

de Meo, Ilaria

Date of Deposit:

2022-05-20

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.18710/WQWO24

Study Scope

Keywords:

Earth and Environmental Sciences, stable isotopes, diet analysis, trophic ecology, cyprinid, crucian carp

Abstract:

We provide stable isotope and gut content data for crucian carp (Carassius carassius) from 12 study lakes located in southeastern Norway. Data were collected between June and August in 2018 and 2019. The stable isotope dataset (SIA) contains nitrogen and carbon stable isotope values of 30 crucian carp for each lake. In addition, we present collected abiotic and biotic data associated with the different lakes. We also provide the total body length, body height, weight, and sex of the different fish species collected in each lake.

Article Abstract: Generalist fish species can feed on a wide resource spectrum and across trophic levels depending on resource availability and trophic interactions. Crucian carp (Carassius carassius) represents a good candidate species to investigate variation in the trophic ecology of generalist fish as it can be found in highly variable fish communities and its resource use is well documented. In this study, we explored the trophic ecology of crucian carp at the individual and population levels using stable isotope and gut content analysis. We tested if trophic resource use varied according to lake productivity, predation risk, intra- and interspecific competition, or individual fish size. We found that crucian carp resource preference was highly variable among and within lakes. In predator-free lakes, small crucian carp occurred in high densities, showed increased inter-individual specialization, and relied mainly on pelagic zooplankton. In presence of predators, large crucian carp occurred in low densities and included greater proportions of benthic macroinvertebrates in their diet. This shift in resource use was further favored in productive, shallow lakes where littoral prey were probably abundant. Resource partitioning was an important factor determining crucian carp niche use, as fish had higher trophic position in absence of other cyprinids. Crucian carp showed highly dynamic resource use and food preferences in response to variable environmental conditions. Overlooking complex diet preferences of generalist fish may lead to an oversimplification of freshwater community dynamics.

Date of Collection:

2018-07-04-2019-08-21

Country:

Norway, Norway, Norway

Geographic Coverage:

Innlandet, Viken, Oslo

Geographic Bounding Box:

  • West Bounding Longitude: 10.19
  • East Bounding Longitude: 12.11
  • South Bounding Latitude: 59.13
  • North Bounding Latitude: 61.08

Kind of Data:

fieldwork data

Kind of Data:

stable isotope data

Kind of Data:

environmental data

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Citation

Title:

de Meo, I., Østbye, K., Kahilainen, K. K., Hayden, B., Magnus, M. & Poléo, A. B. S. (2022). Resource use of Crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size, predation risk, and resource competition. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

Identification Number:

10.1111/eff.12668

Bibliographic Citation:

de Meo, I., Østbye, K., Kahilainen, K. K., Hayden, B., Magnus, M. & Poléo, A. B. S. (2022). Resource use of Crucian carp along a lake productivity gradient is related to body size, predation risk, and resource competition. Ecology of Freshwater Fish.

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