The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+ year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. II. Prey selection and the influence of gape

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 743-757

  Nunn, A D ^a   Harvey, J P ^a   Cowx, I G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

0+ year juvenile fishes; Feeding; Gape; Larval fishes; Lowland rivers; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

PISCES;

EID: 33847184243     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01335.x     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Balon, E. K. (1984). Reflections on some decisive events in the early life of fishes. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 113, 178-185.
2. Bass, J. A. B., Pinder, L. C. V. & Leach, D. V. (1997). Temporal and spatial variation in zooplankton populations in the River Great Ouse: an ephemeral food resource for larval and juvenile fish. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 13, 245-258.
3. Bottrell, H. H., Duncan, A., Gliwicz, Z. M., Grygierek, E., Herzig, A., Hillbright-Ilkowska, A., Kurasawa, H., Larsson, P. & Wegleńska, T. (1976). A review of some problems in zooplankton production studies. Norwegian Journal of Zoology 24, 420-456.
4. Bremigan, M. T. & Stein, R. A. (1994). Gape-dependent larval foraging and zooplankton size: implications for fish recruitment across systems. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 51, 913-922.
5. Copp, G. H. (1990). Shifts in the microhabitats of larval and juvenile roach, Rutilus rutilus (L.), in a floodplain channel. Journal of Fish Biology 36, 683-692.
6. Cowx, I. G., Nunn, A. D. & Harvey, J. P. (2001). Quantitative sampling of 0-group fish populations in large lowland rivers: point abundance sampling by electric fishing versus micromesh seine netting. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 151, 369-382.
7. De Bernardi, R. (1984). Methods for the estimation of zooplankton abundance. In A Manual on Methods for the Assessment of Secondary Productivity in Fresh Waters (Downing, J. A. & Rigler, F. H., eds), pp. 59-86. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications.
8. DeVries, D. R., Bremigan, M. T. & Stein, R. A. (1998). Prey selection by larval fishes as influenced by available zooplankton and gape limitation. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 127, 1040-1050.
9. Dytham, C. (2003). Choosing and Using Statistics: a Biologist's Guide. Oxford: Blackwell Science.
10. Fitter, R. & Manuel, R. (1986). A Guide to the Freshwater Life of Britain and North-West Europe. London: William Collins & Sons.
11. Fortier, L. & Harris, R. P. (1989). Optimal foraging and density-dependent competition in marine fish larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 51, 19-33.
12. Garner, P. (1996). Microhabitat use and diet of 0+ cyprinid fishes in a lentic, regulated reach of the River Great Ouse, England. Journal of Fish Biology 48, 367-382.
13. Gaughan, D. J. & Potter, I. C. (1997). Analysis of diet and feeding strategies within an assemblage of estuarine larval fish and an objective assessment of dietary niche overlap. Fishery Bulletin 95, 722-731.
14. Ghan, D. & Sprules, W. G. (1993). Diet, prey selection, and growth of larval and juvenile burbot Lota lota (L.). Journal of Fish Biology 42, 47-64.
15. Gill, A. B. & Hart, P. J. B. (1994). Feeding behaviour and prey choice of the threespine stickleback: the interacting effects of prey size, fish size and stomach fullness. Animal Behaviour 47, 921-932.
16. Gill, A. B. & Hart, P. J. B. (1998). Stomach capacity as a directing factor in prey size selection of three-spined stickleback. Journal of Fish Biology 53, 897-900.
17. Gliwicz, Z. M., Jawiński, A. & Paw1owicz, M. (2004). Cladoceran densities, day-to-day variability in food selection by smelt, and the birth-rate-compensation hypothesis. Hydrobiologia 526, 171-186.
18. Graeb, B. D. S., Dettmers, J. M., Wahl, D. H. & Cáceres, C. E. (2004). Fish size and prey availability affect growth, survival, prey selection, and foraging behavior of larval yellow perch. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133, 504-514.
19. Guma'a, S. A. (1978). The food and feeding habits of young perch, Perca fluviatilis, in Windermere. Freshwater Biology 8, 177-187.
20. Hellawell, J. M. (1971). The autecology of the chub, Squalius cephalus (L.), of the River Lugg and Afon Llynfi. III. Diet and feeding habits. Freshwater Biology 1, 369-387.
21. Hellawell, J. M. (1972). The growth, reproduction and food of the roach Rutilus rutilus (L.), of the River Lugg, Herefordshire. Journal of Fish Biology 4, 469-486.
22. Hellawell, J. M. (1974). The ecology of populations of dace, Leuciscus leuciscus (L.), from two tributaries of the River Wye, Herefordshire, England. Freshwater Biology 4, 577-604.
23. Hoxmeier, R. J. H., Wahl, D. H., Hooe, M. L. & Pierce, C. L. (2004). Growth and survival of larval walleyes in response to prey availability. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 133, 45-54.
24. Ivlev, V. S. (1961). Experimental Ecology of the Feeding of Fishes. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.
25. Krebs, J. M. & Turingan, R. G. (2003). Intraspecific variation in gape-prey size relationships and feeding success during early ontogeny in red drum, Sciaenops ocellatus. Environmental Biology of Fishes 66, 75-84.
26. Lechowicz, M. J. (1982). The sampling characteristics of electivity indices. Oecologia 52, 22-30.
27. Manatunge, J. & Asaeda, T. (1999). Optimal foraging as the criteria of prey selection by two centrarchid fishes. Hydrobiologia 391, 223-240.
28. Mann, R. H. K. (1973). Observations on the age, growth, reproduction and food of the roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) in two rivers in southern England. Journal of Fish Biology 5, 707-736.
29. Mann, R. H. K. (1974). Observations on the age, growth, reproduction and food of the dace, Leuciscus leuciscus (L.), in two rivers in southern England. Journal of Fish Biology 6, 237-253.
30. Mann, R. H. K. (1976). Observations on the age, growth, reproduction and food of the chub, Squalius cephalus (L.), in the River Stour, Dorset. Journal of Fish Biology 8, 265-288.
31. Mann, R. H. K., Bass, J. A. B., Leach, D. & Pinder, A. C. (1997). Temporal and spatial variations in the diet of 0 group roach (Rutilus rutilus) larvae and juveniles in the River Great Ouse in relation to prey availability. Regulated Rivers: Research and Management 13, 287-294.
32. Mark, W., Hofer, R. & Wieser, W. (1987). Diet spectra and resource partitioning in the larvae and juveniles of three species and six cohorts of cyprinids from a subalpine lake. Oecologia 71, 388-396.
33. Matěna, J. (1998). Diet spectra and competition between juvenile fish in the pelagic zone of a deep stratified reservoir during the first year of life. International Review of Hydrobiology 83, 577-584.
34. Mayer, C. M. & Wahl, D. H. (1997). The relationship between prey selectivity and growth and survival in a larval fish. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 54, 1504-1512.
35. Mehner, T., Schultz, H. & Herbst, R. (1995). Interaction of zooplankton dynamics and diet of 0+ perch (Perca fluviatilis L.) in the top-down manipulated Bautzen reservoir (Saxony, Germany) during summer. Limnologica 25, 1-9.
36. Mehner, T., Plewa, M., Hülsmann, S. & Worischka, S. (1998). Gape-size dependent feeding of age-0 perch (Perca fluviatilis) and age-0 zander (Stizostedion lucioperca) on Daphnia galeata. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 142, 191-207.
37. Mills, C. A. & Mann, R. H. K. (1985). Environmentally-induced fluctuations in year class strength and their implications for management. Journal of Fish Biology 27 (Suppl. A), 209-226.
38. Nunn, A. D., Harvey, J. P. & Cowx, I. G. (2007). The food and feeding relationships of larval and 0+ year juvenile fishes in lowland rivers and connected waterbodies. I. Ontogenetic shifts and interspecific diet similarity. Journal of Fish Biology 70, 726-742.
39. Peňáz, M. (2001). A general framework of fish ontogeny: a review of the ongoing debate. Folia Zoologica 50, 241-256.
40. Pepin, P. & Penney, R. W. (1997). Patterns of prey size and taxonomic composition in larval fish: are there general size-dependent models? Journal of Fish Biology 51 (Suppl. A), 84-100.
41. Persson, L. & Greenberg, L. A. (1990). Juvenile competitive bottlenecks: the perch (Perca fluviatilis)-roach (Rutilus rutilus) interaction. Ecology 71, 44-56.
42. Pinder, A. C. (2001). Keys to Larval and Juvenile Stages of Coarse Fishes from Fresh Waters in the British Isles. Ambleside: Freshwater Biological Association.
43. Pyke, G. H. (1984). Optimal foraging theory: a critical review. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 15, 523-575.
44. Sabatés, A. & Saiz, E. (2000). Intra- and interspecific variability in prey size and niche breadth of myctophiform fish larvae. Marine Ecology Progress Series 201, 261-271.
45. Schiemer, F., Keckeis, H. & Wanzenböck, J. (1989). Foraging in cyprinids during early development. Polskie Archiwum Hydrobiologii 36, 467-474.
46. Scott, A. (1987). Prey selection by juvenile cyprinids from running water. Freshwater Biology 17, 129-142.
47. Scourfield, D. J. & Harding, J. P. (1966). A Key to the British Freshwater Cladocera. Ambleside: Freshwater Biological Association.
48. Sih, A. & Christensen, B. (2001). Optimal diet theory: when does it work, and when and why does it fail? Animal Behaviour 61, 379-390.
49. Stephens, D. W. & Krebs, J. R. (1986). Foraging Theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
50. Tong, H. Y. (1986). A qualitative and quantitative description of the early growth of roach, Rutilus rutilus, in the laboratory. Environmental Biology of Fishes 15, 293-300.
51. Townsend, C. R., Winfield, I. J., Peirson, G. & Cryer, M. (1986). The response of young roach Rutilus rutilus to seasonal changes in abundance of microcrustacean prey: a field demonstration of switching. Oikos 46, 372-378.
52. Treasurer, J. W. (1990). The food and daily food consumption of lacustrine 0+ perch, Perca fluviatilis L. Freshwater Biology 24, 361-374.
53. Vanderploeg, H. A. & Scavia, D. (1979). Two electivity indices for feeding with special reference to zooplankton grazing. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 36, 362-365.
54. Wanzenböck, J. (1995). Changing handling times during feeding and consequences for prey size selection of 0+ zooplanktivorous fish. Oecologia 104, 372-378.
55. Wanzenböck, J. & Schiemer, F. (1989). Prey detection in cyprinids during early development. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 46, 995-1001.
56. Welker, M. T., Pierce, C. L. & Wahl, D. H. (1994). Growth and survival of larval fishes: roles of competition and zooplankton abundance. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 123, 703-717.
57. Werner, E. E. & Hall, D. J. (1974). Optimal foraging and the size selection of prey by bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus). Ecology 55, 1042-1052.
58. Whiteside, M. C., Doolittle, W. L. & Swindoll, C. M. (1985). Zooplankton as food resources for larval fish. Verhandlungen der Internationalen Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 22, 2523-2526.
59. Winfield, I. J., Peirson, G., Cryer, M. & Townsend, C. R. (1983). The behavioural basis of prey selection by underyearling bream (Abramis brama (L.)) and roach (Rutilus rutilus (L.)). Freshwater Biology 13, 139-149.
60. Wu, L. & Culver, D. A. (1992). Ontogenetic diet shift in Lake Erie age-0 yellow perch (Perca flavescens): a size-related response to zooplankton density. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 49, 1932-1937.