期刊
LIMNOLOGICA
卷 62, 期 -, 页码 126-131出版社
ELSEVIER GMBH
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2016.10.005
关键词
Seasonality; Trophic ecology; Moenkhausia forestii; Characidae; Upper parana river; Inter-individual variation
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资金
- Nupelia/UEM, the Graduate Programa in Ecology of Continental Aquatic Environments (UEM)
- CNPq/CAPES
- Brazilian Council of Research (CNPq)
- Brazilian Council of Research (CAPES)
This study tested the hypothesis that the flood pulse affects the diet composition and the niche breadth of Moenkhausia forestii, a small characid fish inhabiting the littoral zone of lakes. To this end, we compared the diet composition (at the population and individual levels) between hydrological periods (high and low water phases) in a floodplain lake of the Upper Parana River. PERMANOVA revealed differences in the diet between periods (pseudoF(1,38) = 8.5; p < 0.001), with predominant consumption of chironomid larvae and Ephemeroptera (aquatic resources) in the low-water period and an increase in the contribution of terrestrial resources (Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, and Orthoptera) during the high-water period, Based on the PERMDISP results, inter-individual variability in M. forestii diet also differed between periods (F-1,F-38 = 5.80; p = 0.02), with higher values during the high-water period resulting in a dietary niche expansion. During the low-water period, we observed the dominance of chironomid larvae in the diets of mostindividuals, resulting in lower inter-individual variability and thus narrower niche breadth. The diet of M. forestii was affected by the flood pulse at both the population and individual levels. The most important difference was found in the origin of food items; during the low-water period, the diet consisted mainly of aquatic resources, and during the high-water period, there was a large contribution of terrestrial resources. This variation is related to the increased availability of allochthonous resources in the high period, when terrestrial areas are flooded by the overflow of the river, thereby increasing the input of resources into the aquatic environment. The increased availability of food resources during this period allowed the expansion of the trophic niche of M. forestii, accompanied by the highest richness (19 items) and the highest evenness of food items. Our findings demonstrated that the flood pulse affected the composition of the M. forestii diet at both the population and individual levels. These results support the importance of the flood pulse, which connects aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, in providing food resources for fish. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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