Feeding ecology of three Astyanax species (Characidae, Tetragonopterinae) from a floodplain lake of Mogi-Guacu River, Parana River Basin, Brazil

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作者
Esteves, KE
机构
[1] Instituto de Pesca, Secretaria da Agricultura e Abastecimento do Estado de São Paulo, CEP: 05031-900, São Paulo, Av. Francisco Matarazzo
关键词
diet; freshwater fish; feeding behavior; zooplankton; tropical floodplain;
D O I
10.1007/BF00001701
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
The feeding ecology of three characids (A. fasciatus, A. bimaculatus and A. schubarti) was studied monthly during 1988 in Lake Infernao, a major floodplain lake of the Mogi-Guacu River in the State of Sao Paulo. River flooding directly influenced the diet of the omnivorous A, bimaculatus and A. fusciatus which responded to maximum inundation (March) by consuming predominantly allochthonous insects. In contrast, A. schubarti was less influenced by the river flood cycle on qualitative changes in diet and relied basically on aquatic macrophytes and periphytic algae. The importance of zooplankton in the diet of the three species was low, and may be attributed to its low density in the water column (< 1 ind l(-1)). Ontogenetic diet changes were evident for the three species. For A. fasciatus and A. bimaculatus the importance of zooplankton was high at the early stages, decreasing with size. A. schubarti at younger stages consumed diversified items which gradually decreased quantitatively up to the size class of 65 mm; from this size onwards, the diet became restricted to the consumption of periphytic algae and macrophytes.
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