Comparative feeding ecology of the yellow ray Urobatis jamaicensis (Urotrygonidae) from The Bahamas
| Autor: | Barbara E. Wueringer, Edward J. Brooks, M. M. Winchester, O. R. O'Shea |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0106 biological sciences
biology Ecology 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Foraging Aquatic Science biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Crustacean Predation Urobatis Habitat Taxonomic rank Species richness Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Invertebrate |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Fish Biology. 92:73-84 |
| ISSN: | 0022-1112 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jfb.13488 |
| Popis: | Stomach contents were collected from 117 yellow rays Urobatis jamaicensis from three locations in south Eleuthera, The Bahamas and compared with ambient infauna via sediment surveys. Diets were relatively limited with a total of 535 prey items recovered, representing five taxonomic groups and dominated by polychaetes and decapod crustaceans (87% of total diet), while environmental sampling reported 5249 individual taxa represented by 62 taxonomic groups. Regardless of gravidity, sex or density of prey items among sites, no significant differences were detected. Foraging strategy plots suggested preferential prey is rare within the environment and the Manly-Chesson index validates polychaetes were consumed with high selectivity. This is the most comprehensive and updated assessment of comparative feeding in this species, particularly for The Bahamas, allowing insight into invertebrate community richness and diversity in ecologically sensitive coastal and nearshore habitats. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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