Size selective feeding and its limitations for the black rockfish, Sebastes inermis, in a demersal fish assemblage of Onagawa Bay, northeastern Japan
Size selective feeding and its limitations for the black rockfish, Sebastes inermis, in a demersal fish assemblage of Onagawa Bay, northeastern Japan
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日本东北部女川湾底层鱼类群中黑岩鱼 Sebastes inermis 的体型选择性摄食及其局限性
DOI:
10.1023/a:1007331501193
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发表时间:
1997
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Masatoshi Kan
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作者:
H. Honda;Masatoshi Kan
The size selective feeding of the black rockfish, Sebastes inermis, in a demersal fish assemblage of Onagawa Bay, located in northeastern Japan, was studied using laboratory experiments and stomach content analysis of the dominant demersal fish coexisting with the black rockfish in Onagawa Bay. The preferred food size of the black rockfish was determined in the laboratory experiments. The average food size taken by the black rockfish (150–227 mm long) under natural conditions was much smaller than that taken by fish in laboratory experiments (148–158 mm sized). The most preferred size of food taken by fish in laboratory experiments was rarely found under natural conditions. Analysis of the competition coefficients of fish species in the fish assemblage based on stomach content analysis suggested that the degrees to which the preferred food size was found depended upon the foods availability, by competition with other fish species and by the feeding ability of the fish. Intra-and inter-specific competition in a fish assemblage might be limiting factors on the food size selection of fish under natural conditions.