STUDY OF FOOD AND FEEDING OF PERCH, PERCA-FLUVIATILIS L IN WINDERMERE
STUDY OF FOOD AND FEEDING OF PERCH, PERCA-FLUVIATILIS L IN WINDERMERE
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1365-2427.1978.tb01426.x
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发表时间:
1978-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
CRAIG, JF
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作者:
CRAIG, JF
Perch (Perca fluviatilis) were sampled for their stomach contents at regular intervals throughout 24 h from June-Oct. in 1973 and from Feb. 1975-Jan. 1976. They were found to feed on benthic organisms from Nov.-April, on benthos and plankton during May and June and on perch fry and zooplankton from July-Oct. Perch over a wide size range feed on similar prey. Fish showed great variability in the weight of their stomach contents. A method based on a points system was developed to estimate the weight of food in the stomach for a given weight of fish at a known time. A diel feeding pattern which varied with the season was apparent from these data. Rates of gastric evacuation were assumed to be exponential and were calculated from the drop in night-time stomach content weights when food intake was assumed to be zero. The rates ranged 0.18 mg h-1 at a mean water temperature of 11.degree. C in May to 0.35 mg h-1 at a mean water temperature of 17.degree. C in July. Assuming that food consumption followed a linear rate of intake, the standard Bajkov method was considered an adequate model to calculate daily food consumption. Daily food consumption (milligrams of dry weight) was calculated for 150 g perch for all months of the year (Nov.-April and Sept. and Oct. being combined). A 2nd series of values was calculated making corrections for the time spent in the fishing gears when food intake was zero but gastric evacuation continued. Daily food consumption figures for 150 g male perch based on Winberg''s hypotheses (1956) and growth data showed no significant differences from this 2nd series of values, when both were expressed in energy terms. When certain assumptions have been tested, growth data and Winberg''s equations together may be a suitable method for calculating an energy budget for the Windermere [England] perch population.