Selective feeding behavior of larval naked gobies Gobiosoma bosc and blennies Chasmodes bosquianus and Hypsoblennius hentzi: Preferences for bivalve veligers

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 179, Issue , 1999, Pages 145-153

  Harding, Juliana M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chesson's alpha; Crassostrea virginica; Feather blenny; Larval fishes; Naked goby; Oyster reefs; Predator prey interactions; Selectivity; Striped blenny

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; RECRUITMENT;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; BLENNIOIDEI; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; CHASMODES BOSQUIANUS; CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; GOBIIDAE; GOBIOSOMA BOSC; GOBIOSOMA BOSCI; HYPSOBLENNIUS HENTZ; HYPSOBLENNIUS HENTZI; MERCENARIA MERCENARIA; OSTREIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0033561233     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps179145     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Amundsen PA, Gabler HM, Staldvik FJ (1996) A new approach to graphical analysis of feeding strategy from stomach content data - modification of the Costello (1990) method. J Fish Biol 48:607-614
2. Batty RS (1987) Effect of light intensity on activity and food searching of larval herring, Clupea harengus: a laboratory study. Mar Biol 94:323-327
3. Batty RS, Blaxter JHS, Richard JM (1990) Light intensity and feeding behavior of herring, Clupea harengus. Mar Biol 107:383-388
4. Breitburg DL (1989) Demersal schooling prior to settlement by larvae of the naked goby. Environ Biol Fish 26:97-103
5. Breitburg DL (1991) Settlement patterns and presettlement behavior of the naked goby, Gobiosoma bosci, a temperate oyster reef fish. Mar Biol 109:213-221
6. Checkley DM Jr (1982) Selective feeding by Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae on zooplankton in natural assemblages. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 9:245-253
7. Chesney EJ Jr (1989) Estimating the food requirements of striped bass larvae, Morone saxatilis: effects of light, turbidity, and turbulence. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 53:191-200
8. Chesson J (1978) Measuring preference in selective predation. Ecology 59:211-215
9. Connaughton VP (1994) Selective feeding by larval weakfish, Cynoscion regalis: the influence of prey characteristics and larval behavior. PhD dissertation, University of Delaware, Newark
10. Connaughton VP, Epifanio CE (1993) Influence of previous experience on the feeding habits of larval weakfish, Cynoscion regalis. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 101:237-241
11. Costello MJ (1990) Predator feeding strategy and prey importance: a new graphical analysis. J Fish Biol 36:261-263
12. Cowan J, Birdsong R (1985) Seasonal occurrence of larval and juvenile fishes in a Virginia Atlantic coast estuary with emphasis on drums (Family Sciaenidae). Estuaries 8: 48-59
13. Dahlberg MD, Conyers JC (1973) An ecological study of Gobiosoma bosci and G. ginsburgi (Pisces, Gobiidae) on the Georgia coast. Fish Bull US 71:279-287
14. Gallager SM, Davis CS, Epstein AW, Solow A, Beardsley RC (1996) High-resolution observations of plankton spatial distributions correlated with hydrography in the Great South Channel, Georges Bank. Deep-Sea Res II 43: 1627-1633
15. Genin A, Green C, Haury L, Wiebe P, Gal G, Kaartvedt S, Meir E, Fey C, Dawson J (1994) Zooplankton patch dynamics: daily gap formation over abrupt topography. Deep-Sea Res I 41:941-951
16. Govoni JJ, Ortner PB, Al-Yamani F, Hill LC (1986) Selective feeding of spot, Leiostomus xanthurus, and Atlantic croaker, Micropogonias undulatus, larvae in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 28:175-183
17. Houde ED (1989) Comparative growth, mortality, and energetics of marine fish larvae: temperature and implied latitudinal effects. Fish Bull US 87:471-495
18. Houde ED, Lovdal JA (1984) Seasonality of occurrence, foods, and food preferences of ichthyoplankton in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 18:403-419
19. Houde ED, Lovdal JA (1985) Patterns of variability in ichthyoplankton occurrence and abundance in Biscayne Bay, Florida. Estuar Coast Shelf Sci 20:79-103
20. Houde ED, Schekter RC (1980) Feeding by marine fish larvae: developmental and functional responses. Environ Biol Fish 5:315-334
21. Hunter JR (1981) Feeding ecology and predation of marine fish larvae. In: Lasker R (ed) Marine fish larvae: morphology, ecology, and relation to fisheries. Washington Sea Grant Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, p 33-77
22. Janssen J (1981) Searching for zooplankton just outside Snell's window. Limnol Oceanogr 26:1168-1171
23. Lindberg JC, Doroshov SI (1986) Effect of diet switch between natural and prepared foods on growth and survival of white sturgeon juveniles. Trans Am Fish Soc 115:166-171
24. Mann R, Wolf C (1983) Swimming behavior of larvae of the ocean quahog Arctica islandica in response to pressure and temperature. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 13:211-218
25. Mann R, Campos B, Luckenbach M (1991) Swimming rate and responses of larvae of 3 mactrid bivalves to salinity discontinuities. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 68:257-269
26. Mathias JA, Li S (1982) Feeding habits of walleye larvae and juveniles: comparative laboratory and field studies. Trans Am Fish Soc 111:722-735
27. Mileikovsky SA (1973) Speed of active movement of pelagic larvae of marine bottom invertebrates and their ability to regulate their vertical position. Mar Biol 23:11-17
28. Mills EL, Widzowski DV, Jones SR (1987) Food conditioning and prey selection by young yellow perch (Perca flavens). Can J Fish Aquat Sci 44:549-555
29. Minitab (1995) Minitab 10Xtra user's guide. Minitab Inc, State College, PA
30. Morales-Alamo R, Mann R (1998) The status of Virginia's public oyster resource 1997. Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, Virginia Marine Resource Report 98-2
31. Munk P, Kiørboe T (1985) Feeding behavior and swimming activity of larval herring (Clupea harengus) in relation to density of copepod nauplii. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 24:15-21
32. Olney JE (1996) Community structure, small scale patchiness, transport, and feeding of larval fishes in an estuarine plume. PhD dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park
33. Owen RW (1989) Microscale and finescale variations of small plankton in coastal and pelagic environments. J Mar Res 47:197-240
34. Sameoto DD (1975) Tidal and diurnal effects of zooplankton sample variability in a nearshore marine environment. J Fish Res Board Can 32:347-366
35. Shenker JM, Hepner DJ, Frere PE, Currence LE, Wakefield WW (1983) Upriver migration and abundance of naked goby (Gobiosoma bosci) larvae in the Patuxent River estuary, Maryland. Estuaries 6:36-42
36. Shepherd JG, Cushing DH (1980) A mechanism for density dependent survival of larval fish as the basis for a stock-recruitment relationship. Cons Int. Explor Mer J 39: 160-167
37. Southworth MJ (1998) Oyster reef broodstock enhancement in the Great Wicomico River, Virginia. MS thesis, Virginia Institute of Marine Science/School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
38. Stoecker D, Govoni JJ (1984) Food selection by young larval gulf menhaden (Brevoortia patronus). Mar Biol 80: 299-306
39. Townsend CR, Risebrow AJ (1982) The influence of light level on the functional response of a zooplanktivorous fish. Oecologia 53:293-95
40. Van Duren L, Videler J (1995) Swimming behavior of developmental stages of the calanoid copepod Temora longicornis at different food concentrations. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 126:153-161
41. Wells HW (1961) The fauna of oyster beds, with special reference to the salinity factor. Ecol Monogr 31:239-266
42. Wiebe PH (1970) Small-scale spatial distribution in oceanic zooplankton. Limnol Oceanogr 15:205-217
43. Zar JH (1996) Biostatistical analysis, 3rd edn. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ