Congratulations Isa, SLU Aqua's newest doctor!

Using dietary analyses (both visual and DNA metabarcoding), Isa has revealed that these bottom-dwelling fish don't just feast on blue mussels and periwinkles. They also sink their teeth into fish, primarily their eggs and fry. Isa also shows that gobies themselves are a popular dish on many predatory fish's menu.

Are the cod and the pike right? Does round goby taste good?? Well, most of those who attended the dissertation would probably agree. While waiting for the grading committee's positive statement, a thrilling buffet of spreads based on smoked goby was served. Yummy!

The department would like to extend a warm thank you to John M Farrell (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Syracuse, USA) for an outstanding performance as the opponent, and to Johan Eklöf (Stockholm University), Stina Drakare (SLU), Jonne Kotta (University of Tartu) and Kerstin Holmgren (SLU) on the grading committee.

And warm congratulations to Isa, for a fantastic achievement!

You may download Isas thesis " Causes and consequences of the round goby invasion in the Baltic Sea and beyond" from this page