Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort
In the Norwegian Sea, assessment of diet composition relies on annual cruise activity combined with visual identification and weight determination of prey from fish stomachs. This weight-based method is labour intensive, and suggestions to reduce cost include moving from the weight-based to the occu...
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ftimr:oai:imr.brage.unit.no:11250/3093673 2023-10-29T02:39:02+01:00 Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort Mousing, Erik Askov Planque, Benjamin Arneberg, Per Bjørdal, Vilde Regine Keulder-Stenevik, Felicia Juanita Liebig, Penny Lee Mørk, Herdis Langøy Skern-Mauritzen, Mette 2023 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3093673 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac240 eng eng Nærings- og fiskeridepartementet: 15192 Norges forskningsråd: 299554 ICES Journal of Marine Science. 2023, 80 (2), 317-328. urn:issn:1054-3139 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3093673 https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac240 cristin:2143497 317-328 80 ICES Journal of Marine Science 2 Peer reviewed Journal article 2023 ftimr https://doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsac240 2023-10-04T22:47:15Z In the Norwegian Sea, assessment of diet composition relies on annual cruise activity combined with visual identification and weight determination of prey from fish stomachs. This weight-based method is labour intensive, and suggestions to reduce cost include moving from the weight-based to the occurrence-based method and/or reducing sampling effort. Studies have suggested that the occurrence-based method may be more robust while providing similar results as the weight-based method. Here we re-analyse data from >14.000 stomachs for herring, mackerel, and blue whiting. We compare diet composition estimates and quantify the uncertainty using both methods. We also quantify the impact of reducing sampling effort (number of trawl stations and fish per station) on the diet uncertainties. Our results confirm that occurrence-based estimates are more precise than those based on weight. In addition, they are better at capturing year-to-year fluctuations. The occurrence-based method provides similar results to the weight-based method. Differences between methods arise primarily from disparities in the mean weight of prey in stomachs. Decreasing the number of stations sampled leads to increased uncertainty, while reducing the sampling effort from 10 to 5 fish per station has little impact on uncertainty estimates. These results provide quantified insights to guide future diet monitoring programmes. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Norwegian Sea Institute for Marine Research: Brage IMR ICES Journal of Marine Science 80 2 317 328 |
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In the Norwegian Sea, assessment of diet composition relies on annual cruise activity combined with visual identification and weight determination of prey from fish stomachs. This weight-based method is labour intensive, and suggestions to reduce cost include moving from the weight-based to the occurrence-based method and/or reducing sampling effort. Studies have suggested that the occurrence-based method may be more robust while providing similar results as the weight-based method. Here we re-analyse data from >14.000 stomachs for herring, mackerel, and blue whiting. We compare diet composition estimates and quantify the uncertainty using both methods. We also quantify the impact of reducing sampling effort (number of trawl stations and fish per station) on the diet uncertainties. Our results confirm that occurrence-based estimates are more precise than those based on weight. In addition, they are better at capturing year-to-year fluctuations. The occurrence-based method provides similar results to the weight-based method. Differences between methods arise primarily from disparities in the mean weight of prey in stomachs. Decreasing the number of stations sampled leads to increased uncertainty, while reducing the sampling effort from 10 to 5 fish per station has little impact on uncertainty estimates. These results provide quantified insights to guide future diet monitoring programmes. publishedVersion |
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Mousing, Erik Askov Planque, Benjamin Arneberg, Per Bjørdal, Vilde Regine Keulder-Stenevik, Felicia Juanita Liebig, Penny Lee Mørk, Herdis Langøy Skern-Mauritzen, Mette |
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Mousing, Erik Askov Planque, Benjamin Arneberg, Per Bjørdal, Vilde Regine Keulder-Stenevik, Felicia Juanita Liebig, Penny Lee Mørk, Herdis Langøy Skern-Mauritzen, Mette Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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Mousing, Erik Askov Planque, Benjamin Arneberg, Per Bjørdal, Vilde Regine Keulder-Stenevik, Felicia Juanita Liebig, Penny Lee Mørk, Herdis Langøy Skern-Mauritzen, Mette |
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Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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Quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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quantifying diets for small pelagic fish: effects of weight versus occurrence methods and sampling effort |
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