Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea
To understand food web dynamics, knowledge about factors influencing trophic interactions is fundamental. Using stomach content analysis, we investigated size-dependent predator-prey relations of two coastal predatory fish in the Baltic Sea: perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius)....
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:16400 2023-05-15T15:45:42+02:00 Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea Jacobson, Philip Bergström, Ulf Eklöf, Johan 2019 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/16400/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/16400/1/Jacobson_et_al_191125.pdf sv eng swe eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/16400/1/Jacobson_et_al_191125.pdf Jacobson, Philip and Bergström, Ulf and Eklöf, Johan (2019). Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea. Boreal Environment Research. 24 , 137-153 [Research article] Fish and Aquacultural Science Research article PeerReviewed 2019 ftslunivuppsala 2022-01-09T19:14:55Z To understand food web dynamics, knowledge about factors influencing trophic interactions is fundamental. Using stomach content analysis, we investigated size-dependent predator-prey relations of two coastal predatory fish in the Baltic Sea: perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius). Perch undergo two ontogenetic diet shifts, from zooplankton to macroinvertebrates at ca. 50 mm; and then to fish at ca. 250 mm. For pike, all sizes (103–810 mm) fed almost exclusively on fish. The fish prey of perch and pike was predominantly three-spined stickleback in spring, and gobiids in late summer. The mean and maximum prey:predator size ratio was larger, while the minimum was smaller for pike compared with perch. Perch and pike fed on smaller-sized gobiids, three-spined and nine-spined stickleback compared within the environment. Our results on size-dependent diets of perch and pike is useful for quantitative analyses of food-web interactions and for ecosystem-based management. Article in Journal/Newspaper Boreal Environment Research Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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To understand food web dynamics, knowledge about factors influencing trophic interactions is fundamental. Using stomach content analysis, we investigated size-dependent predator-prey relations of two coastal predatory fish in the Baltic Sea: perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius). Perch undergo two ontogenetic diet shifts, from zooplankton to macroinvertebrates at ca. 50 mm; and then to fish at ca. 250 mm. For pike, all sizes (103–810 mm) fed almost exclusively on fish. The fish prey of perch and pike was predominantly three-spined stickleback in spring, and gobiids in late summer. The mean and maximum prey:predator size ratio was larger, while the minimum was smaller for pike compared with perch. Perch and pike fed on smaller-sized gobiids, three-spined and nine-spined stickleback compared within the environment. Our results on size-dependent diets of perch and pike is useful for quantitative analyses of food-web interactions and for ecosystem-based management. |
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Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea |
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Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea |
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Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea |
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Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea |
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Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea |
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size-dependent diet composition and feeding of eurasian perch (perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (esox lucius) in the baltic sea |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/16400/1/Jacobson_et_al_191125.pdf Jacobson, Philip and Bergström, Ulf and Eklöf, Johan (2019). Size-dependent diet composition and feeding of Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and northern pike (Esox lucius) in the Baltic Sea. Boreal Environment Research. 24 , 137-153 [Research article] |
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