Opportunistic predation in tuna : a size-based approach
| Autor: | Yunne-Jai Shin, Céline Labrune, Ah-Soy Asine, François-Xavier Bard, Frédéric Ménard |
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| Přispěvatelé: | UMR 212 EME 'écosystèmes marins exploités' (EME), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Laboratoire d'océanographie biologique de Banyuls (LOBB), Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls (OOB), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)-Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer (IFREMER)-Université de Montpellier (UM), Sanz, Frédérique |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
| Předmět: |
0106 biological sciences
Yellowfin tuna size based predation quantile regression Scombridae Bigeye tuna Aquatic Science Thunnus spp 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Predation 14. Life underwater Predator Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics [SDU.OCEAN]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere Ecology biology [SDU.OCEAN] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Ocean Atmosphere 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Pelagic zone biology.organism_classification Fishery tuna Tuna diet Thunnus |
| Zdroj: | Marine Ecology Progress Series Marine Ecology Progress Series, Inter Research, 2006, 323, pp.223-231 Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2006, 323, pp.223-231 |
| ISSN: | 0171-8630 1616-1599 |
| Popis: | To test whether predation is an opportunistic size-based process within a tuna community, analyses were carried out on the size composition of stomach contents of bigeye tuna Thunnus obesus (Lowe, 1839) and yellowfin tuna T. albacares (Bonnaterre, 1788) caught in 1995 to 1997 during longline scientific surveys in the French Polynesian Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Prey size distributions were compared with the size distribution of organisms collected by pelagic trawls carried out during the same programme. Relationships between prey size and predator size were studied using quantile regressions, and were related to tuna mouth-gape measurements. The results showed that mean and maximum sizes of prey increased with increasing predator size, and that maximum prey sizes (versus tuna size) were below those predicted by tuna mouth-gape size. Minimum prey size varied little with tuna size, and the size distributions of prey in tuna stomachs were very asymmetrical (lognormal type), confirming that during growth, tunas continue to feed on small prey. Comparison with previous studies on other piscivorous species from different ecosystems underlined that tunas feed on very small prey in relation to their own size. However, comparison of size distributions of prey in stomach contents and prey in pelagic trawls revealed that bigeye tuna select larger prey than yellowfin tuna when such prey are available. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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