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Whitefish and cisco hatch in the River Gudbrandsdalslågen during May. and drift downstream into the Lake Mjosa where the alevins start exogenous feeding in littoral backwaters in late May and early June. Age-0 whitefish dwell in littoral areas during summer and autumn, whereas age-0 ciscoes abandon the littoral zone and become pelagic from August onwards. Early food of cisco and whitefish are Cyclops, and Bosmina, whereas whitefish also eat early instars of Chironomidae. Later, age-0 ciscoes feed on zooplankton (cladocerans), although surface insects are also eaten. Whitefish feed on a wider range of food items including zooplankton. surface insects, chironomid larvae and pupae, cyprinid larvae, and benthic cladocerans. Cisco grew from 1.0 to ~11 cm. and whitefish from 1.6 to ~12cm, during the first summer and autumn.
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Næsje, T.F., Sandlund, O.T. & Jonsson, B. Habitat use and growth of age-0 whitefish, Coregonus lavaretus, and cisco, C. albula. Environ Biol Fish 15, 309–314 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03549801
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