Posted by Daniel Nyqvist | Vinterekologi

DrWatzFör en dryg vecka sedan disputerade Johan Watz med avhandlingen ”Salmonid behaviour under winter conditions”. Kappan kan läsas online här. Avhandlingens publicerade artiklar är följande:

Paper I: Ice cover affects the growth of a stream-dwelling fish

Paper II: Effects of ice cover on the diel behaviour and ventilation rate of juvenile brown trout

Paper III: Day and night drift-feeding by juvenile salmonids at low water temperatures

Paper IV: Prey capture rates of two species of salmonids (Salmo trutta and Thymallus thymallus) in an artificial stream: effects of temperature on their functional response

Paper V: Ice cover alters the behavior and stress level of brown trout Salmo trutta

Opponent var Richard Cunjak från University of New Brunswick och i betygskommitten satt Nina Jonsson (NINA), Johan Höjesjö (Göteborgs Universitet) och Asbjørn Vøllestad (Universitetet i Oslo).

Under doktorandtiden handleddes Johan Watz av Larry Greenberg, Eva Bergman och John Piccolo.

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