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COMPETITION FOR SPACE BETWEEN THE THREE-SPINED STICKLEBACK, GASTEROSTEUS ACULEATUS L.f. LEIURA AND THE NINE-SPINED STICKLEBACK, PUNGITIUS PUNGITIUS (L.) by A. G. L. KETELE and R. F. VERHEYEN1) (University of Antwerp, Department of Biology (Zoology) Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium) (With 2 Figures) (Acc. 7-IX-1984) Introduction Differential habitat selection is one of the principal factors which permit species to coexist (ROSENZWEIG, 1981). This coexistence of species can be explained by two assumptions: either both species have a special habitat which they exploit better than the other, or both species perform best in the same habitat, but the dominant species can interfere with the subor- dinate and reduce the subordinate's profit, so that the latter abandons the better patch type (ROSENZWEIG, 1981). This study investigates the coexistence of two fish species: the three- spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus L.f. leiura, and the nine-spined stickleback, Pungitius Pungitius (L.), which occur sympatrically in high densities in lowland brooks and pools of the Antwerp Campine (51 ° 12' N 4°40'E) (VANDELANNOOTE, 1980). Both stickleback-species are very similar in morphology (WOOTTON, 1976), diet (HYNES, 1950; VANDE- LANNOOTE, 1980; WORGAN & FITzGERALD, 1981) and behaviour (WOOT- TON, 1976), and they breed simultaneously (JONES & HYNES, 1950; WOOTTON,
Behaviour – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 1985
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