Heatwaves and turbidity influxes have interacting and lasting effects on the foraging behaviour of three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus
Cait Newport, Ellen Morley, Richard Cresswell, Michelle C. Jackson, Ben C. Lambert
This study shows that heatwaves and turbidity affect foraging behavior of sticklebacks, with prolonged warming reducing feeding rates while turbidity increases them, and their interaction has lasting effects.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2026 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition