We synthesize a large body of literature involving peer-reviewed work, grey literature and
novel data analyses about the small-scale northern pike (Esox lucius) fishery in lagoon …

Under rapid environmental change, opportunistic species may exhibit dramatic increases in
response to the altered conditions, and can in turn have large impacts on the ecosystem …

Ecosystem regime shifts can have severe ecological and economic consequences, making
it a top priority to understand how to make systems more resilient. Theory predicts that …

Understanding the movement ecology of fish communities is necessary to take effective
management actions that aim to reverse population declines, especially in fish stocks …

The abundance of pike, a keystone top-predator, have declined dramatically in the Baltic
Sea since the 1990s likely owing to recruitment failure. It has been proposed that wetland …

Marine protected areas have become one of the main tools in the battle to curb marine
biodiversity loss and habitat degradation. Yet, implementation of permanent fishery closures …

Abstract The Quark Archipelago, in the northernmost part of the Baltic Sea, provides
valuable reproduction areas for coastal fish such as pike (Esox lucius L.). Here, pike stocks …

Support for eDNA as a quantitative monitoring tool is growing worldwide. Despite advances,
there are still uncertainties regarding the representability of the eDNA signal over varying …

Over the past few decades, the number of available spawning grounds for anadromous
pikes, Esox lucius, on the Baltic Sea coast has been significantly reduced resulting in a …

Understanding inter-annual variation in the density of young-of-the-year fish is an important
tool for assessing stock status and guiding management decisions. We analyzed data …