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Provedor de dados: | Neotropical Ichthyology
País: | Brazil
Título: | Feeding preference of adult females of ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus through prey proximate-composition and caloric values
Autores: | Bittar,Vanessa Trindade; Awabdi,Danielle Rodrigues; Tonini,William Cristiane Teles; Vidal Junior,Manuel Vazquez; Di Beneditto,Ana Paula Madeira.
Data: | 2012-01-01
Ano: | 2012
Palavras-chave: | Feeding; Marine fish; Prey composition; Seafood; Trichiuridae.
Resumo: | In the present study we analysed the proximate-composition and caloric values of the preferred prey consumed by ribbonfish, Trichiurus lepturus L. 1758 (adult females), that are distributed in the inner continental shelf from northern Rio de Janeiro State, southeastern Brazil (~22ºS), assessing the potential of nutritional and energetic approach as a tool to understand the feeding selective pattern of this marine top carnivore. The preferred prey of this predator composed of fish co-specifics, Pellona harroweri, Chirocentrodon bleekerianus, Lycengraulis grossidens, Peprilus paru, squid Doryteuthis plei, and shrimp Xiphopenaeus kroyeri were collected from 2007 to 2010 for proximate-composition (water, protein, lipid, ash, and carbohydrate) and caloric value analyses. The correspondence analysis showed that protein is the main component in the prey species (61.32% of variance explained), standing out from the other nutrients. Lipid has the highest percentage related to L. grossidens, ash to X. kroyeri and carbohydrate to D. plei. The strong correlations between protein and caloric value (positive) and lipid and caloric value (negative) indicated that T. lepturus is attending its energy demand through the prey protein content. This work elucidated the feeding preference of adult females of T. lepturus in relation to nutritional and caloric content of their preferred prey. The species showed food selectivity to prey that provide more energy per ingested biomass, so that the feeding events can maximize the predator's caloric gain, which is obtained by a protein-based diet.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252012000100019
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia
Relação: | 10.1590/S1679-62252012000100019
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Neotropical Ichthyology  v.10 n.1 2012
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess