Herring in the Baltic Sea turns into a predator
Herring, which usually feed on plankton, switched to eating other fish and grew in size.
Scientists have discovered a new population of herring in the Baltic Sea, which feeds on other fish, and not plankton, like other representatives of this species. The scientific journal phys.org reports a new evolutionary leap in a seemingly well-studied fish species.
Atlantic and Baltic herring are typical consumers of plankton, and are therefore an extremely important element in the ecosystem of the North Atlantic and Baltic Sea. However, now there is a new variety of herring that is genetically different from the usual herring and feeds on fish. A new study on this topic was published in the journal Nature Communications by a group of scientists from Uppsala University (Sweden).
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