Are goldfish damaging ecosystems? | The story behind the paper

About this episode

This episode discusses the ecological impact of invasive goldfish based on a recent research paper.

For this episode, Edie Abrahams (Associate Blog Editor, Animal Ecology in Focus) spoke with William Hintz about his recently published paper, "invasive goldfish trigger a regime shift in experimental lake ecosystems of varying trophic state", published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. You can read the full paper here: https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2656.70259

People in this episode

Host: Edie Abrahams

Guest: William Hintz

Topics covered

• invasive species
• ecosystem impact
• goldfish
• animal ecology
• regime shift

Keywords

• goldfish
• invasive species
• ecosystems
• animal ecology
• regime shift
• lake ecosystems

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Journal of Animal Ecology

Books & works: invasive goldfish trigger a regime shift in experimental lake ecosystems of varying trophic state

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