Effects of intra- and interspecific competition on diet, growth and behaviour of Labeo calbasu (Hamilton) and Cirrhinus cirrhosus (Bloch)

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 128, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 103-108

  Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur ^a   Verdegem, Marc ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cirrhinus cirrhosus; Competition; Labeo calbasu; Niche shift

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; BENTHOS; CYPRINID; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GRAZING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; POND CULTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

CIRRHINUS; CYPRINIDAE; MORULIUS CALBASU;

EID: 78549246717     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. APHA Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Waste Water 1998, American Public Health Association, Washington, DC.
2. Balcombe S.R., Bunn S.E., Davies P.M., McKenzie Smit F.J. Variability of fish diets between dry and flood periods in an arid zone floodplain river. J. Fish. Biol. 2005, 67:1552-1567.
3. Carpenter J. Competition for food between an introduced crayfish and two fishes endemic to the Colorado River basin. Environ. Biol. Fish. 2005, 72:335-342.
4. Gonzalez-Soles J., Oro D., Jover L., Ruiz X., Pedrocchi V. Trophic niche width and overlap of two sympatric gulls in the southwestern Mediterranean. Oecologia 1997, 112:75-80.
5. Holland K.N., Peterson J.D., Lowe C.G., Wetherbee B.M. Movements, distribution and growth rates of the white goatfish Mulloides flavolineatus in a fisheries conservation zone. Bull. Mar. Sci. 1993, 52:982-992.
6. Hopkins K.D. Reporting fish growth: a review of the basics. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 1992, 23:173-179.
7. Inskip P.D., Magnuson J.J. Changes in fish populations over an 80-year period: Big Pine Lake. Wis. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 1983, 112:378-389.
8. Islam M.R., Miah M.S., Alam M.S., Khair M.A., Ahmed S.S., Rokeya J.A. Effects of various inputs on fish production under carp polyculture system. Bangladesh J. Fish. 1998, 21:47-51.
9. Johnsson J.I., Winberg S., Sloman K.A. Social interactions. Behaviour and Physiology of Fish 2005, 151-196. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam. K.A. Sloman, R.W. Wilson, S. Balshine (Eds.).
10. Kanak M.K., Dewan S., Salimullah M. Performance of exotic fishes with Indian major carps in polyculture under three different species combinations. Bangladesh J. Fish. 1999, 22:1-6.
11. MacArthur R.H., Pianka E.R. On optimal use of a patchy environment. Am. Nat. 1966, 100:603-609.
12. Milstein A., Wahab M.A., Rahman M.M. Environmental effects of common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) and mrigal Cirrhinus mrigala (Hamilton) as bottom feeders in major Indian carp polycultures. Aquacult. Res. 2002, 33:1103-1117.
13. Pitcher T.J., Parrish J.K. Functions of shoaling behaviour in teleosts. Behaviour of Teleost Fishes 1993, 363-439. Chapman and Hall. T.J. Pitcher (Ed.).
14. Rahman M.M., Kadowaki S., Balcombe S.R., Wahab M.A. Common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) alters its feeding niche in response to changing food resources: direct observations in simulated ponds. Ecol. Res. 2010, 25:303-309.
15. Rahman M.M., Hossain M.Y., Jo Q., Kim S.-K., Ohtomi J., Meyer C. Ontogenetic shift in dietary preference and low dietary overlap in rohu (Labeo rohita) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) in semi-intensive polyculture ponds. Ichthyol. Res. 2009, 56:28-36.
16. Rahman M.M., Verdegem M.C.J., Nagelkerke L.A.J., Wahab M.A., Milstein A., Verreth J.A.J. Growth, production and food preference of rohu Labeo rohita (H.) in monoculture and in polyculture with common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) under fed and non-fed ponds. Aquaculture 2006, 257:359-372.
17. Rahman M.M., Verdegem M.C.J., Nagelkerke L.A.J., Wahab M.A., Milstein A., Verreth J.A.J. Effects of common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) and feed addition in rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton) ponds on nutrient partitioning among fish, plankton and benthos. Aquacult. Res. 2008, 39:85-95.
18. Rahman M.M., Verdegem M.C.J., Nagelkerke L.A.J., Wahab M.A., Verreth J.A.J. Swimming, grazing and social behaviour of rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton) and common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) in tanks under fed and non-fed conditions. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 2008, 113:255-264.
19. Rahman M.M., Verdegem M.C.J., Wahab M.A., Hossain M.Y., Jo Q. Effects of day and night on swimming, grazing and social behaviours of rohu Labeo rohita (Hamilton) and common carp Cyprinus carpio (L.) in simulated ponds. Aquacult. Res. 2008, 39:1383-1392.
20. Robinson C.J. Food competition in a shoal of herring: the role of hunger. Mar. Freshw. Behav. Physiol. 1995, 24:237-242.
21. Schoener T.W. The controversy over interspecific competition. Am. Sci. 1982, 70:586-595.
22. Svanback R., Bolnick D.I. Intraspecific competition drives increased resource use diversity within a natural population. Proc. R. Soc. B 2007, 274:839-844.
23. Ward A.J.W., Webster M.M., Hart P.J.B. Intraspecific food competition in fishes. Fish Fish. 2006, 7:231-261.
24. Ward A.J.W., Botham M.S., Hoare D.J., James R., Broom M., Godin J.-G.J., Krause J. Association patterns and shoal fidelity in the three-spined stickleback. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. [Biol.] 2002, 269:2451-2455.
25. Werner E.E., Hall D.J. Foraging efficiency and habitat switching in competing sunfish. Ecology 1979, 60:256-264.
26. Wuellner M.R., Willis D.W. On northern pond: fish competition. Pond Boss Mag. 2008, 17:20-22.