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    Tuckett, Q. M., Simon, K. S., Saros, J. E., Halliwell, D. B. and Kinnison, M. T.
    (2013), Fish trophic divergence along a lake productivity gradient revealed by
    historic patterns of invasion and eutrophication. Freshwater Biology, 58: 2517
    2531. doi: 10.1111/fwb.12229
    Summary
    1. Studies of trophic divergence in fishes and other organisms emphasise
    resource availability as a driving factor, but usually in terms of alternate
    resources within particular resource-limited systems. In contrast, the role of
    overall ecosystem productivity in shaping trophic diversity among systems
    has received less attention.
    2. Divergence along productivity gradients may be relevant because aquatic
    systems span a range of productivities, humans are accelerating the natural
    process of eutrophication, and productivity controls community and
    ecosystem processes that govern the availability and costs/benefits of
    alternative resources.
    3. Here, we study whether populations of white perch (Morone americana)
    differ in traits related to trophic divergence and how such variation might be
    predicted by landscape patterns of lake productivity.
    4. White perch populations differed in their body dimensions, fin lengths and
    gill raker structures. Each of these traits showed significant and often strong
    (r2 up to 0.91) correlations with lake Secchi depth and other metrics of lake
    productivity, such that white perch from more eutrophic systems tended to
    be larger, have more gibbous bodies, longer fins, more subterminal mouths
    and gill rakers with greater spacing. Isotopic 15N was correlated with
    phenotypic divergence, and fish from eutrophic systems exhibited a trophic
    shift at smaller sizes.
    5. Our results suggest that productivity has surprising ability to predict trait
    variation at the landscape scale. The fact that a number of the study
    populations were established in the last century and that some lakes became
    eutrophic in that period, suggests fish trophic traits can respond quickly to
    lake conditions.

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