PREY BEHAVIOR AND SIZE-SELECTIVE PREDATION BY FISH

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作者
MACCHIUSI, F
BAKER, RL
机构
[1] Department of Zoology, University of Toronto, Ontario
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10.1111/j.1365-2427.1991.tb01396.x
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Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
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071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
1. We investigate the role of differential activity of chironomids as an explanation for the size selection of small larvae by fish. 2. In the laboratory, pumpkinseed sunfish (Lepomis gibbosus L.) selectively consumed large larvae of Chironomus tentans Fab. when no tube-building materials were available. Small larvae were selectively consumed when a mud substrate was provided but there was no difference in predation rates on large and small larvae in sand. 3. Small larvae spent more time out of their tubes than large larvae in the presence of fish, which may explain the selection for small larvae in mud. Large larvae apparently compensated for decreased foraging activity in the presence of fish by increasing activity when fish were absent. Visibility of large larvae inside tubes may account for their increased mortality in sand. 4. Our results suggest that differential activity is important in explaining the size-selective mortality observed in the field.
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