Effects of seasonality and migratory prey on body condition of Cichla species in a tropical floodplain river

Ecology of Freshwater Fish

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 398-407

  Hoeinghaus, D J ^a,b   Winemiller, K O ^a   Layman, C A ^c   Arrington, D A ^d   Jepsen, D B ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Loxahatchee River District   (United States)

^e and Evaluation   (United States)

Author keywords

Food web subsidy; Gape limitation; Predation; Ribaz n; Semaprochilodus kneri

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; CICHLID; FOOD WEB; GAPE LIMITATION; PREDATION; SEASONALITY;

CINARUCO RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA;

CICHLA; CICHLA TEMENSIS; PISCES; SEMAPROCHILODUS KNERI;

EID: 33751031136     PISSN: 09066691     EISSN: 16000633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0633.2006.00152.x     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Agostinho, A.A., Vazzoler, A.E.A.d.M., Gomes, L.C. & Okada, E.K. 1993. Estratificación espacial y comportamiento de Prochilodus scrofa en distintas fases del ciclo de vida, en las planicie de inundación del alto río Paranáy embalse de Itaipu, Paraná, Brasil. Revista de Hydrobiologia Tropical 26: 79-90.
2. Agostinho, A.A., Gomes, L.C., Suzuki, H.I. & Júlio, H.F. Jr 2003. Migratory fishes of the upper ParanáRiver basin, Brazil. In: Carolsfeld, J., Harvey, J., Ross, C. & Baer, A., eds. Migratory fishes of South America: Biology, fisheries and conservation status. Victoria, Canada: International Development Research Centre and The World Bank, pp. 19-98.
3. Arrington, D.A. & Winemiller, K.O. 2003. Diel changeover in sandbank fish assemblages in a neotropical floodplain river. Journal of Fish Biology 63: 1-18.
4. Arrington, D.A., Winemiller, K.O., Loftus, W.F. & Akin, S. 2002. How often do fishes "run on empty"? Ecology 83: 2145-2151.
5. Arrington, D.A., Winemiller, K.O. & Layman, C.A. 2005. Community assembly at the patch scale in a species rich tropical river. Oecologia 144: 157-167.
6. Arrington, D.A., Davidson, B.K., Winemiller, K.O. & Layman, C.A. 2006. Influence of life history and seasonal hydrology on lipid storage in three Neotropical fish species. Journal of Fish Biology 68: 1347-1361.
7. Barbarino-Duque, A., Taphorn, D.C. & Winemiller, K.O. 1998. Ecology of the coporo, Prochilodus mariae (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae), and status of annual migrations in western Venezuela. Environmental Biology of Fishes 53: 33-46.
8. Bowen, S.H. 1983. Detritivory in neotropical fish communities. Environmental Biology of Fishes 9: 137-144.
9. Bowen, S.H., Bonetto, A.A. & Ahlgren, M.O. 1984. Microorganisms and detritus in the diet of a typical neotropical riverine detritivore, Prochilodus platensis (Pisces: Prochilodontidae). Limnology and Oceanography 29: 1120-1122.
10. Carvalho de Lima, Á. & Araujo-Lima, C.A.R.M. 2004. The distributions of larval and juvenile fishes in Amazonian rivers of different nutrient status. Freshwater Biology 49: 787-800.
11. Chaloner, D.T., Martin, K.M., Wipfli, M.S., Ostrom, P.H. & Lamberti, G.A. 2002. Marine carbon and nitrogen in southeastern Alaska stream food webs: Evidence from artificial and natural streams. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 59: 1257-1265.
12. Cone, R.S. 1989. The need to reconsider the use of condition indices in fishery science. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 118: 510-514.
13. Darimont, C.T. & Reimchen, T.E. 2002. Intra-hair stable isotope analysis implies seasonal shift to salmon in gray wolf diet. Canadian Journal of Zoology 80: 1638-1642.
14. Devick, W.S. 1972. Life history study of the tucunare, Cichla ocellaris. Federal Aid in Sportfish Restoration Project F-9-1, Job Completion Report. Honolulu: Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources.
15. Garman, G.C. & Macko, S.A. 1998. Contribution of marine-derived organic matter to an Atlantic coast, freshwater, tidal stream by anadromous clupeid fishes. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 17: 277-285.
16. Goulding, M. 1980. The fishes and the forest. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
17. Hilderbrand, G.V., Hanley, T.A., Robbins, C.T. & Schwartz, C.C. 1999. Role of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the flow of marine nitrogen into a terrestrial ecosystem. Oecologia 121: 546-550.
18. Hoeinghaus, D.J., Layman, C.A., Arrington, D.A. & Winemiller, K.O. 2003a. Movement of Cichla species (Cichlidae) in a Venezuelan floodplain river. Neotropical Ichthyology 1: 121-126.
19. Hoeinghaus, D.J., Layman, C.A., Arrington, D.A. & Winemiller, K.O. 2003b. Spatiotemporal variation in fish assemblage structure in tropical floodplain creeks. Environmental Biology of Fishes 67: 379-387.
20. Hoeinghaus, D.J., Winemiller, K.O. & Taphorn, D.C. 2004. Compositional change in fish assemblages along the Andean piedmont -Llanos floodplain gradient of the río Portuguesa, Venezuela. Neotropical Ichthyology 2: 85-92.
21. Jepsen, D.B., Winemiller, K.O. & Taphorn, D.C. 1997. Temporal patterns of resource partitioning among Cichla species in a Venezuelan blackwater river. Journal of Fish Biology 51: 1085-1108.
22. Jepsen, D.B., Winemiller, K.O., Taphorn, D.C. & Rodriguez-Olarte, D. 1999. Age structure and growth of peacock cichlids from rivers and reservoirs of Venezuela. Journal of Fish Biology 55: 433-450.
23. Layman, C.A. & Winemiller, K.O. 2004. Size-based prey response to piscivore exclusion in a Neotropical river. Ecology 85: 1311-1320.
24. Layman, C.A. & Winemiller, K.O. 2005. Patterns of habitat segregation among large fishes in a Venezuelan floodplain river. Neotropical Ichthyology 3: 103-109.
25. Layman, C.A., Langerhans, R.B. & Winemiller, K.O. 2005a. Body size, not other morphological traits, characterizes cascading effects in fish assemblage composition following commercial netting. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62: 2802-2810.
26. Layman, C.A., Winemiller, K.O., Arrington, D.A. & Jepsen, D.B. 2005b. Body size and trophic position in a diverse tropical food web. Ecology 86: 2530-2535.
27. Layman, C.A., Winemiller, K.O. & Arrington, D.A. 2005c. Describing the structure and function of a Neotropical river food web using stable isotopes, stomach contents, and functional experiments. In: De Ruiter, P.C., Wolters, V. & Moore, J.C., eds. Dynamic food webs: multispecies assemblages, ecosystem development, and environmental change. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 395-406.
28. Lilyestrom, C.G. 1983. Aspectos de la biología del coporo (Prochilodus mariae). Revista UNELLEZ de Ciencia y Tecnología 1: 5-11.
29. Lowe-McConnell, R.H. 1964. The fishes of the Rupununi savanna district of British Guiana, Pt. 1. Groupings of fish species and effects of the seasonal cycles on the fish. Zoological Journal of the Linnaean Society 45: 103-144.
30. Lowe-McConnell, R.H. 1987. Ecological studies in tropical fish communities. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
31. MacAvoy, S.E., Macko, S.A., McIninch, S.P. & Garman, G.C. 2000. Marine nutrient contributions to freshwater apex predators. Oecologia 122: 568-573.
32. Machado-Allison, A. 1990. Ecology of fishes of the floodplain areas of the Venezuelan Llanos. Interciencia 15: 411-423.
33. Montoya, J.V., Roelke, D.L., Winemiller, K.O., Cotner, J.B. & Snider, J.A. 2006. Effects of hydrological seasonality and lateral connectivity on environmental variables and algal biomass of a tropical floodplain river. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 157-170.
34. Polis, G.A., Anderson, W.B. & Holt, R.D. 1997. Toward an integration of landscape and food web ecology: The dynamics of spatially subsidized food webs. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 28: 289-316.
35. Polis, G.A., Power, M.E. & Huxel, G.R., editors. 2004. Food webs at the landscape level. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
36. Ribeiro, M.C.L.d.B. & Petrere, M. Jr 1990. Fisheries ecology and management of the jaraqui (Semaprochilodus taeniurus, S. insignis) in Central Amazonia. Regulated Rivers Research and Management 5: 195-215.
37. Rodriguez, M.A., Winemiller, K.O., Lewis, W.M. & Taphorn, D.C. in press. The freshwater habitats, fishes, and fisheries of the Orinoco River Basin. In: Minns, C.K. & Munawar, M., eds. Freshwater fishes, their biodiversity, fisheries and habitats: Health and prospects. Ecovision World Monograph Series.
38. Sarmiento, G. & Pinillos, M. 2001. Patterns and processes in a seasonally flooded tropical plain: The Apure Llanos, Venezuela. Journal of Biogeography 28: 985-996.
39. Szepanski, M.M., Ben-David, M. & Van Ballenberghe, V. 1999. Assessment of anadromous salmon resources in the diet of the Alexander Archipelago wolf using stable isotope analysis. Oecologia 120: 327-335.
40. Vazzoler, A.E.A.d.M. & Amadio, S.A. 1990. Aspectos biológicos de peixes Amazónicos. XIII. Estrutura e comportamento de cardumes multiespecifícos de Semaprochilodus (Characiformes, Prochilodontidae) no baixo rio Negro, Amazonas, Brasil. Revista Brasiliera Biologica 50: 537-546.
41. Welcomme, R.L. 1990. Status of fisheries in South American rivers. Interciencia 15: 337-345.
42. Winemiller, K.O. 1996. Dynamic diversity in fish assemblages of tropical rivers. In: Cody, M.L. & Smallwood, J.A., eds. Long-term studies of vertebrate communities. Orlando: Academic Press, pp. 99-132.
43. Winemiller, K.O. & Jepsen, D.B. 1998. Effects of seasonality and fish movement on tropical river food webs. Journal of Fish Biology 53: 267-296.
44. Winemiller, K.O. & Jepsen, D.B. 2004. Migratory neotropical fish subsidize food webs of oligotrophic blackwater rivers. In: Polis, G.A., Power, M.E. & Huxel, G.R., eds. Food webs at the landscape level. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 115-132.
45. Winemiller, K.O. & Taylor, D.H. 1987. Predatory behavior and competition between smallmouth and largemouth bass. American Midland Naturalist 117: 148-166.
46. Winemiller, K.O., Marrero, C. & Taphorn, D.C. 1996. Perturbaciones causadas por el hombre a las poblaciones de peces de los llanos y del piedemonte Andino de Venezuela. Biollania 12: 13-48.
47. Winemiller, K.O., Taphorn, D.C. & Barbarino-Duque, A. 1997. Ecology of Cichla (Cichlidae) in two blackwater rivers of southern Venezuela. Copeia 1997: 690-696.
48. Winemiller, K.O., Montoya, J.V., Layman, C.A., Roelke, D.L. & Cotner, J.B. 2006. Experimental demonstration of seasonal fish effects on benthic ecology of a Neotropical floodplain river. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 250-262.
49. Zaret, T.M. 1980. Life-history and growth relationships of Cichla ocellaris, a predatory South American cichlid. Biotropica 12: 144-157.
50. Zaret, T.M. & Paine, R.T. 1973. Species introduction in a tropical lake. Science 182: 449-455.