A test of the ecosystem effects of a pair of stickleback species that have undergone a recent adaptive radiation and now colonize different niches, and also a related generalist that resembles their common ancestor. Adaptive radiation causes changes in lower trophic levels and in ecosystem productivity, and the sticklebacks act as ecosystem engineers by influencing the light transmissibility of the water.
- Luke J. Harmon
- Blake Matthews
- Dolph Schluter
