Size Selection of <i>Daphnia pulicaria</i> by Yellow Perch (<i>Perca flavescens</i>) Fry in West Blue Lake, Manitoba

Wong, Brian Yuen Yau; Ward, F. J.

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“…In both habitats, zooplankton were an important part of the diet of small fish, but in the littoral zone larger smelt consumed chironomid larvae, smelt eggs, and juvenile bullies. Growth in length and weight is generally accompanied by increased mouth dimensions, allowing larger prey items to be ingested (Wong & Ward 1972;Wankowski 1979). Our results were similar.…”

Section: Smelt Size and Food Sizesupporting

confidence: 81%

Mouth gape, food size, and diet of the common smeltRetropinna retropinna(Richardson) in the Waikato River system, North Island, New Zealand

Boubee

Ward

1997

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

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The feeding ecology of the common smelt, Retropinna retropinna, was determined at several locations on the Waikato River system. The mean size of the dominant prey was found to increase as smelt mouth gape increased. Smelt smaller than 40 mm total length fed mostly on zooplankton. Chironomid larvae, pupae, and adults were the dominant foods of larger fish from most sites, although mysids and amphipods were the major prey in Lake Waahi and the Waikato River estuary. Algae were the dominant food in many smelt but ingestion was probably incidental. Seasonal and annual differences in dominant foods were minor. Common smelt are generalists, capable of feeding on the majority of smaller organisms present in their different environments; however, they may grow faster and achieve a larger adult size when food of optimal size and nutritive value is present.

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Section: Smelt Size and Food Sizesupporting

confidence: 81%

Mouth gape, food size, and diet of the common smeltRetropinna retropinna(Richardson) in the Waikato River system, North Island, New Zealand

Boubee

Ward

1997

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

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“…During growth, they feed progressively upon larger prey. This maximum size selection imposed by the fish's gape is well documented for young yellow perch (Perca flavescens, see Fig.3) by Wong & Ward (1972), for juvenile chum' salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) by Feller & Kaczynski (1975), for perch fry (Perca j7uviatilis) by Furnass (1979), and for herring larvae (Ciupea harengus L.) by Blaxter (1966) and Rosenthal & Hempel (1970).…”

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confidence: 67%

“…flavescens (Galbraith, 1967;Wong & Ward, 1972;Rasmussen, 1973); l Cichlidae: Congo tilapia, Tilapia rendalli (Caulton, 1976); blue tilapia, 7: aurea (Spataru & Zorn, 1978;Gophen et al, 1983aGophen et al, , 1983bDrenner et al, 1984b); 7Y esculenta (Greenwood, 1953); T nilotica (Moriarty, 1973;Moriarty & Moriarty, 1973); Sarotherodon galilaeus (Lauzanne & Iltis, 1975;Spataru, 1976;Spataru & Zorn, 1976;Lauzanne, 1977;Gophen, 1980;Drenner et al, 1982c;Gophen et al, 1983aGophen et al, , 1983b; Haplochromis nigripinnis (Moriarty & Moriarty, 1973); l Carangidae: jack mackerel, Trachurus symmetricus (Carliste, 1971;Arthur, 1976); l Scombridae: Pneumatophorus spp. (Godsil, 1954); Indian mackeral, Rastrelliger kanagurta (Bhimachar et al, 1960;Jones & Rosa, 1965;Colin, 1976;Nelson, 1979); Pacific mackeral, Scomber japonicus (O'Connell & Zweifel, 1972); wavyback skipjack, Euthynnus affinis (Walters, 1966).…”

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A review of planktivorous fishes: Their evolution, feeding behaviours, selectivities, and impacts

1987

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La vision classique des limnologistes fut de considerer les interactions entre les composants des Ccosystemes lacustres comme un flux d'influence unidirectionnel des sels nutritifs vers le phytoplancton, le zooplancton, et finalement les poissons, par l'intermediaire de processus de controle successivement physiques, chimiques, puis biologiques (StraSkraba, 1967). L'effet exerce par les poissons planctophages sur les communautes zoo-et phytoplanctoniques ne fut reconnu qu'a'partir des travaux de HrbaEek et al. (1961), HrbaEek (1962, Brooks & Dodson (1965), et Stras'kraba (1965. Ces auteurs montrerent (1) que dans les Ctangs et lacs en presence de poissons planctophages predateurs visuels, les communautes zooplanctoniques etaient composees d'especes de plus petites tailles que celles presentes dans les milieux depourvus de planctophages et, (2) que les communautes zooplanctoniques resultantes, composees d'especes de petites tailles, influencaient les communautes phytoplanctoniques.Bien que la variabilite de la reponse du phytoplancton a la predation par les poissons revele l'importance d'autres facteurs (tels que la limitation en sels nutritifs et la competition interspecifique des algues), ces travaux demontrerent que les communautes zoo-et phytoplanctoniques pouvaient effectivement Ctre affectees par l'alimentation selective des poissons planctophages. Pendant les deux dernieres decennies, de nombreux travaux en limnologie se sont concentres sur cet impact radical des poissons sur les communautes planctoniques. La reponse directe des communautes zooplanctoniques a la predation visuelie des poissons planctophages (appeles en anglais 'particulate feeders') a suscite un interst tout particulier, alors que les effets multiniveaux causes par les poissons planctophages filtreurs (predation sur le zooplancton plus broutage du phytoplancton) ont CtC plus rarement abordb. Les objectifs de cette revision sont de documenter les inter-relations poissons-plancton, afin (1) d'obtenir des elements d'appreciation de l'impact des poissons sur les communautts planctoniques, et (2) d'etablir des modeles mecanistiques d'alimentation planctophage tenant compte du repertoire alimentaire et de la selectivite du poisson, des reponses adaptatives du plancton, et des conditions du milieu.L'approche utilisee ici est basee sur des resultats experimentaux de terrain et de laboratoire provenant de la litterature concernant les systemes tropicaux et temper& d'eau deuce (parfois marine). Quatre groupes de poissons planctophages sont distingub: les pmdateurs visuels limit& par la taille de leur bouche (c'est-a-dire les larves et les especes de petites tailles: 'gape-limited predators'), les predateurs visuels proprement dit ('particulate feeders'), les filtreurs par pompage ('pump filter feeders'), et les filtreurs par deplacement ('tow-net 98 filter feeders'). Pour chaque groupe, les mecanismes de selection des proies sont analyses, aussi bien du point de vue du predateur que de la proie. Afin de rechercher les mecanismes determinant la select...

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“…0 + perch, Perca flavescens, regulated the abundance of Daphniapulex in Oneida Lake (Mills & Forney 1983) and the mean size of Daphnia in Frisian lakes was related to abundance of 0 + perch (van Densen & Vijverberg 1982). Feeding habits of fish larvae may be different from those of adult planktivores as they may prefer smaller species and smaller individuals of a species (Wong & Ward 1972, Guma'a 1978.…”

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The predator-prey relationship of perch,Perca fluviatilis, larvae and zooplankton in two Scottish lochs

Treasurer¹

1992

Environ Biol Fish

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SynopsisFood consumption of perch larvae and the impact of this on zooplankton were examined in two adjacent shallow Scottish lochs. Maximum annual abundance of zooplankton occurred in mid-May at L. Kinord with minimum values in mid-June. Copepods were prominent in spring but were followed by a multi-species community of cladocerans and rotifers in summer. At L. Davan zooplankton biomass remained high through summer with cladocerans dominating and Daphnia longispina the most frequent species. Availability of food items was a principal factor governing feeding behaviour of larvae. Copepodite stages were initially the most common item in the diet in L. Kinord in 1976 and and rotifers the principal food in June 1977, reflecting the dominance of these items in the zooplankton. Cladocerans were dominant in the plankton community in L. Davan and constituted the greater part of food intake. Overlying this general pattern there was an increase in the size of food items taken by larvae with time and also a definite pattern of food selection for copepods, with initially selection for smaller copepodite stages and later for larger stages and adults. On most occasions larvae selected for Cyclops strenuus abyssorum and Polphemus pediculus and selected against Daphnia longispina. The reduction in the total zooplankton biomass attributed to perch larvae was minimal, with the exception of mid-June at L. Kinord in 1976. However, predation on particular species and copepodite stages was occasionally intense and may have impacted the zooplankton populations.

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Size Selection of Daphnia pulicaria by Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Fry in West Blue Lake, Manitoba

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Mouth gape, food size, and diet of the common smeltRetropinna retropinna(Richardson) in the Waikato River system, North Island, New Zealand

Mouth gape, food size, and diet of the common smeltRetropinna retropinna(Richardson) in the Waikato River system, North Island, New Zealand

A review of planktivorous fishes: Their evolution, feeding behaviours, selectivities, and impacts

The predator-prey relationship of perch,Perca fluviatilis, larvae and zooplankton in two Scottish lochs

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