An experimental investigation of the 'match/mismatch' hypothesis using larval Atlantic cod

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 130, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 29-37

  Gotceitas, Vytenis ^a   Puvanendran, Velmurugu ^a   Leader, Leslie L ^a,b   Brown, Joseph A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER AQUARIUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic cod larvae; Feeding; Gadus morhua; Growth; Match mismatch hypothesis; Survival

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA;

ATLANTIC COD; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FISH LARVA; FISH LARVAE; GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MATCH/MISMATCH HYPOTHESIS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029669052     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps130029     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Blaxter JHS (1986) Development of sense organs and behaviour of teleost larvae with special reference to feeding and predator avoidance. Trans Am Fish Soc 115:98-114
2. Bollens SM, Frost BW, Schwaninger HR, Davis CS, Way KJ, Landsteiner MC (1992) Seasonal plankton cycles in a temperate fjord and comments on the match-mismatch hypothesis. J Plankton Res 14:1279-1305
3. Brander K (1992) A re-examination of the relationship between cod recruitment and Calanus finmarchicus in the North Sea. ICES mar Sci Symp 195:393-401
4. Buckley LJ, Halavik TA, Smigielski AS, Laurence GC (1987) Growth and survival of the larvae of three species of temperate marine fishes reared at discrete prey densities. Am Fish Soc Symp 2:82-92
5. Cui Y, Liu J (1990) Comparison of energy budget among six teleosts - III. Growth rate and energy budget. Comp Biochem Physiol 97A:381-384
6. Cushing DH (1990) Plankton production and year-class strength in fish populations: an update of the match/mismatch hypothesis. Adv mar Biol 26:249-293
7. Daniel WW (1978) Applied nonparametric statistics. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
8. Duray M, Kohno H (1988) Effects of continuous lighting on growth and survival of first-feeding larval rabbitfish, Siganus guttatus. Aquaculture 72:73-79
9. Ellertsen B, Fossum P, Solemdal P, Sundby S (1989) Relation between temperature and survival of eggs and first-feeding larvae of northeast Arctic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Rapp Pv Réun Cons int Explor Mer 191:209-219
10. Fortier L, Gagne JA (1990) Larval herring (Clupea harengus) dispersion, growth, and survival in the St. Lawrence estuary: match/mismatch or membership/vagrancy? Can J Fish Aquat Sci 47:1898-1912
11. Frank KT (1988) Independent distribution of fish larvae and their prey: natural paradox or sampling artifact? Can J Fish Aquat Sci 45:48-59
12. Gamble JC, Houde ED (1984) Growth, mortality and feeding of cod (Gadus morhua L.) larvae in enclosed water columns and in laboratory tanks. In: Dahl E, Danielssen DS, Moksness E, Solemdal P (eds) The propagation of cod Gadus morhua L. Flodevigen rapportser, 1, Institute of Marine Research, Flodevigen Biological Station, Arendal, p 123-143
13. Gotceitas V, Brown JA (1993) Risk of predation to fish larvae in the presence of alternative prey: effects of prey size and number. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 98:215-222
14. Hawkins AD, Soofiani NM, Smith GW (1985) Growth and feeding of juvenile cod (Gadus morhua L.). J Cons int Explor Mer 42:11-32
15. Houde ED (1987) Fish early life dynamics and recruitment variability. Am Fish Soc Symp 2:17-29
16. Howell BR (1984) The intensive rearing of juvenile cod, Gadus morhua L. In: Dahl E, Danielssen DS, Moksness E, Solemdal P (eds) The propagation of cod Gadus morhua L. Flodevigen rapportser 1 (1984):657-675
17. Hunter RJ, Thomas GL (1974) Effect of prey distribution and density on the searching and feeding behaviour of larval anchovy Engraulis mordax Girard. In: Blaxter JHS (ed) The early life history of fish. Springer Verlag, New York, p 559-574
18. Laurence GC (1978) Comparative growth, respiration and delayed feeding abilities of larval cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) as influenced by temperature during laboratory studies. Mar Biol 50:1-7
19. Laurence GC, Smigielski AS, Halavik TA, Burns BR (1981) Implications of direct competition between larval cod (Gadus morhua) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) in laboratory growth and survival studies at different food densities. Rapp Pv Réun Cons int Explor Mer 178: 304-311
20. Litvak MK, Leggett WC (1992) Age and size-selective predation on larval fishes: the bigger-is-better hypothesis revisited. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 81:13-24
21. Mertz G, Myers RA (1994) Match/mismatch predictions of spawning duration versus recruitment variability. Fish Oceanogr 3:236-245
22. Miller TJ, Crowder LB, Rice JA, Marschall EA (1988) Larval size and recruitment mechanisms in fishes: towards a conceptual framework. Can J Fish Aquat Sci 45: 1657-1670
23. Pedersen T, Jobling M (1989) Growth rates of large, sexually mature cod, Gadus morhua, in relation to condition and temperature during an annual cycle. Aquaculture 81: 161-168
24. Pedersen BH, Ugelstad I, Hjelmeland K (1990) Effects of a transitory, low food supply in the early life of larval herring (Clupea harengus) on mortality, growth and digestive capacity. Mar Biol 107:61-66
25. Pepin P, Shears TH, de Lafontaine Y (1992) Significance of body size to the interaction between larval fish (Mallotus villosus) and a vertebrate predator (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Mar Ecol Prog Ser 81:1-12
26. Runge JA (1988) Should we expect a relationship between primary production and fisheries? The role of copepod dynamics as a filter of trophic variability. Hydrobiologia 167/168:61-71
27. SAS Institute (1988) SAS/STAT user's guide, release 6.03 edn. SAS Institute, Inc, Cary, NC
28. Thompson AB, Harrop RT (1991) Feeding dynamics of fish larvae on Copepoda in western Irish Sea, with particular reference to cod Gadus morhua. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 68: 213-223
29. van der Meeren T, Naess T (1993) How does cod (Gadus morhua) cope with variability in feeding conditions during early larval stages? Mar Biol 116:637-647
30. Wilson PN, Osbourn DF (1960) Compensatory growth after undernutrition in mammals and birds. Biol Rev 35:324-363