Dietary composition of the blue swimmer crab Portunus pelagicus L. Does it vary with body size and shell state and between estuaries?

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 241-257

  De Lestang, S ^a   Platell, M E ^a   Potter, I C ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diets; Estuary; Moult stage; Ontogenetic changes; Portunus pelagicus; Stomach fullness

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRUSTACEAN; DIET;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CRAB; DIET; ESTUARY; FOOD COMPOSITION; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; STOMACH;

AUSTRALIA;

DECAPODA; PORTUNUS PELAGICUS;

EID: 0034607432     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00181-1     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Cannicci S., Dahdouh-Guegas F., Anyona D., Vannini M. Natural diet and feeding habits of Thalamita crenata (Decapoda: Portunidae). J. Crust. Biol. 16:1996;678-683.
2. Choy S.C. Natural diet and feeding habits of the crabs Liocarcinus puber and L. holsatus (Decapoda, Brachyura, Portunidae). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 31:1986;87-99.
3. Clarke K.R. Non-parametric multivariate analysis of changes in community structure. Aust. J. Ecol. 18:1993;117-143.
4. Clarke K.R., Warwick R.M. Change in Marine Communities: an Approach To Statistical Analysis and Interpretation. 1994;144 Plymouth Marine Laboratories, Plymouth.
5. Cortés E. A critical review of methods of studying fish feeding based on analysis of stomach contents: application to elasmobranch fishes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 54:1997;726-738.
6. Dürr, V., Semeniuk, T.A., 2000. Polychaeta of Leschenault Inlet, Western Australia. J. Roy. Soc. W.A. 83, in press.
7. Edgar G.J. Predator-prey interactions in seagrass beds. II. Distribution and diet of the blue manna crab Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus at Cliff Head, Western Australia. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 139:1990;23-32.
8. Edgar G.J. The influence of plant structure on the species richness, biomass and secondary production of macrofaunal assemblages associated with Western Australian seagrass beds. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 137:1990;215-240.
9. Friere J. Feeding ecology of Liocarcinus depurator (Decapoda: Portunidae) in the Ría de Arousa (Galicia, north-west Spain): effects of habitat, season and life history. Mar. Biol. 126:1996;297-311.
10. Friere J., Sampredo M.P., González-Gurriarán E. Influence of morphometry and biomechanics on diet selection in three portunid crabs. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 137:1996;111-121.
11. Friere J., González-Gurriarán E. Feeding ecology of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber in mussel raft areas of the Ría de Arousa (Galicia, NW Spain). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 119:1995;139-154.
12. Hill B.J. Natural food, foregut clearance-rate and activity of the crab Scylla serrata. Mar. Biol. 34:1976;109-116.
13. Hynes H.B.N. The food of freshwater sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus and Pygosteus pungitius), with a review of methods used in studies of the food of fishes. J. Anim. Ecol. 19:1950;36-58.
14. Hyslop E.J. Stomach contents analysis - a review of methods and their application. J. Fish Biol. 17:1980;411-429.
15. Kailola P.J., Williams M.J., Stewart P.C., Riechelt R.E., McNee A., Grieve C. Australian Fisheries Resources. 1993;422 Bureau of Resource Sciences, Canberra.
16. Loneragan N.R., Potter I.C., Lenanton R.C.J., Caputi N. Spatial and seasonal differences in the fish fauna in the shallows of a large Australian estuary. Mar. Biol. 92:1986;199-209.
17. Marshall S., Elliott M. A comparison of univariate and multivariate numerical and graphical techniques for determining inter- and intraspecific feeding relationships in estuarine fish. J. Fish Biol. 51:1997;526-545.
18. Norman C.P., Jones M.B. Influence of depth, season and moult stage on the diet of the velvet swimming crab Necora puber (Brachyura, Portunidae). Est. Cstl. Shelf Sci. 34:1992;71-83.
19. Patel N.M., Chhaya N.D., Bhaskaran M. Stomach contents of Portunus pelagicus (Linn.) from AD net catches. Indian J. Mar. Sci. 8:1979;48-49.
20. Platell M.E., Potter I.C., Clarke K.R. Do the habitats, mouth morphology and diets of the mullids Upeneichthys stotti and U. lineatus in coastal waters of south-western Australia differ? J. Fish Biol. 52:1998;398-418.
21. Potter I.C., Chrystal P.J., Loneragan N.R. The biology of the blue manna crab Portunus pelagicus in an Australian estuary. Mar. Biol. 78:1983;75-85.
22. Potter, I.C., de Lestang, S., 2000. Biology of the blue swimmer crab Portunus pelagicus in Leschenault Estuary and Koombana Bay in south-western Australia. J. Roy. Soc. W.A. 83, in press.
23. Potter I.C., Tiivel D., Valesini F.J., Hyndes G.A. Comparisons between the ichthyofaunas of a temperate lagoonal-like estuary and the embayment into which that estuary discharges. Int. J. Salt Lake Res. 5:1997;337-358.
24. Rose, T.H., 1994. Comparisons of the benthic and zooplankton communities in the eutrophic Peel-Harvey and nearby Swan estuaries in south-western Australia. Ph.D. Thesis, Murdoch University, Western Australia, pp. 267.
25. Semeniuk, T.A., 2000. Benthic small Crustacea of Leschenault Inlet Estuary, Western Australia. J. Roy. Soc. W.A. 83, in press.
26. Semeniuk, V., Wurm, P.A.S., 2000. Molluscs of the Leschenault Inlet Estuary - their diversity, distribution, and population dynamics. J. Roy. Soc. W.A. 83, in press.
27. Skinner D.M. Moulting and regeneration. Bliss D.E., Mantel J.H. The Biology of Crustacea. Integument, Pigments and Hormonal Processes. Vol. 9:1985;43-146 Academic Press, London.
28. Somerfield P.J., Clarke K.R. A comparison of some methods commonly used for the collection of sublittoral sediments and their associated fauna. Mar. Environ. Res. 43:1997;145-156.
29. Stephenson W. The evolution and ecology of portunid crabs, with especial reference to Australian species. Leeper G.W. The Evolution of Living Organisms. 1962;311-327 Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
30. Stevenson J.R. Dynamics of the integument. Bliss D.E., Mantel L.H. The Biology of Crustacea. Integument, Pigments, and Hormonal Processes. Vol. 9:1985;1-42 Academic Press, London.
31. Sukumaran K.K., Neelakantan B. Food and feeding of Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus (Herbst) and Portunus (Portunus) pelagicus (Linnaeus) (Brachyura, Portunidae) along Karnataka coast. Indian J. Mar. Sci. 26:1997;35-48.
32. Warner G.F. The Biology of Crabs. 1977;202 Paul Elek, London.
33. Wassenberg T.J., Hill B.J. Feeding by the sand crab Portunus pelagicus on material discarded from prawn trawlers in Moreton Bay, Australia. Mar. Biol. 95:1987;387-393.
34. Wear R.G., Hadden M. Natural diet of the crab Ovalipes catharus (Crustacea, Portunidae) around central and northern New Zealand. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 35:1987;39-49.
35. Wells F.E., Bryce C.W. A Guide to the Common Molluscs of South-Western Australian Estuaries. 1984;112 Western Australian Museum, Perth.
36. Williams M.J. Methods for analysis of natural diet in portunid crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae). J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 52:1981;103-113.
37. Williams M.J. Natural food and feeding in the commercial sand crab Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1766 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae) in Moreton Bay, Queensland. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 59:1982;165-176.
38. Wu R.S.S., Shin P.K.S. Food segregation in three species of portunid crabs. Hydrobiologia. 362:1998;107-113.