Over the years, several salmonid species have been widely spread and successfully introduced all over the world. In Sweden, introduced brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) has been successful in establishing a substantial number of new populations, a fact that has raised concerns about indigenous brown trout (Salmo trutta) populations being outcompeted. The competitive relationships of introduced and native salmonids have received much scientific attention, yet most studies have failed to reveal the specific mechanisms by which species interact. A powerful way of dealing with interspecific competition is measuring of species-specific changes in fitness over environmental and biotic gradients, an approach that requires accurate measurem...