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Does the rate of foraging attempts predict ingestion rate for young-of-the-year brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in the field?
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posted on 1996-01-01, 00:00 authored by Peter BiroPeter Biro, M Ridgway, R McLaughlinTo assess the costs and benefits of young fish adopting different behavioural tactics, field studies of juvenile salmonines have assumed that (but did not test whether) the rate of foraging attempts predicts ingestion rate. We tested this assumption by quantifying capture, ingestion, and rejection rates of potential prey items for individual young-of-the-year brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) in a lake. Overall, capture rate (a conservative estimate of the rate of foraging attempts) was only a fair predictor of overall ingestion rate (Kendall's 1 = 0.54) and only 46% of captured items (number/minute) were ingested. Surface capture rate was a poor predictor of surface ingestion rate (T = 0.27) and only 1% of captured items were ingested. In contrast, subsurface capture rate was an excellent predictor of subsurface ingestion rate (T = 0.75) and 93% of captured items were ingested. No benthic prey captures were observed. Fish that ingested a low proportion of captured items spent a greater proportion of time moving, moved faster, and pursued prey further than fish that ingested a higher proportion of captured items. Rejection of captured items can represent a significant and little appreciated component of the foraging cycle for young salmonid fishes.
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Canadian journal of fisheries and aquatic sciencesVolume
53Issue
8Pagination
1814 - 1820Publisher
N R C Research PressLocation
Ottawa, Ont.Publisher DOI
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0706-652XeISSN
1205-7533Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
1996, NRC CanadaUsage metrics
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brook troutforagingingestion ratesalvelinus fontinalisScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineFisheriesMarine & Freshwater BiologyJUVENILE ATLANTIC SALMONGRAYLING THYMALLUS-ARCTICUSPOPULATION REGULATIONMIGRATORY TROUTRAINBOW-TROUTSOCIAL-STATUSCOHO SALMONSALAR LDOMINANCE HIERARCHIESONCORHYNCHUS-KISUTCHZoologyEcology
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