Prey capture ability of mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) as a behavioral biomarker for contaminants in estuarine systems

2001 ◽  
Vol 58 (7) ◽  
pp. 1442-1452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith S Weis ◽  
Jennifer Samson ◽  
Tong Zhou ◽  
Joan Skurnick ◽  
Peddrick Weis
Keyword(s):  
Fundulus Heteroclitus ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Grass Shrimp ◽  
Great Variability ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Behavioral Differences ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Highly Correlated ◽  
A Site ◽  
Capture Rates

Prey capture was evaluated as a behavioral biomarker of contamination by examining feeding behavior of adult mummichogs (Fundulus heteroclitus) from 13 sites. Prey capture ability was related to sediment and tissue contaminant levels and with previous genetic analyses. The levels of contaminants at a site were highly correlated with each other, confounding the impacts of individual contaminants. The number of prey (grass shrimp) captured was highest in three of the cleanest sites. Sites with the lowest capture rates were generally more contaminated. The number of captures at all sites was highly variable, with both high and low efficiencies in highly contaminated populations. A significant relationship exists between the Mdh-A(a) allele and captures, with higher captures in the southern populations. Gut content analysis of field-collected fish had grass shrimp as the largest proportion of the diet at sites whose fish had the highest laboratory capture rates. Thus, prey capture as a behavioral biomarker is ecologically relevant and corresponds to diet in the field. However, it is not especially sensitive due to great variability at each site. Behavioral differences related to overall contaminant levels rather than to specific toxicants.

Effects of the trematode Microphallus turgidus on locomotion and prey capture in the grass shrimp Palaemonetes pugio

2003 ◽  
Vol 77 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.N. Khan ◽  
J.A. Spiers ◽  
O.J. Pung
Keyword(s):  
Intermediate Host ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Grass Shrimp ◽  
Palaemonetes Pugio ◽  
Growth And Survival ◽  
Data Support ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Host Behaviour ◽  
Capture Rates

AbstractThe grass shrimp, Palaemonetes pugio, is common in estuaries and marshes along the east coast of the USA and is frequently infected with metacercariae of the trematode, Microphallus turgidus. To test whether or not M. turgidus has an effect on intermediate host behaviour, the length of time spent swimming and walking over 1 min and 3 min intervals and prey (Artemia) capture rates of uninfected grass shrimp and those infected with 1–10, 11–20 or 21–30 metacercarial cysts were compared. Uninfected shrimps spent significantly more time swimming than infected shrimps during the first minute of observation. There were no differences between the control and infected groups in terms of swimming at 3 min, walking at 1 and 3 min, or in numbers of prey captured. These results indicate that M. turgidus may induce little or no change in grass shrimp locomotion nor in prey capture behaviour. This is in contrast to other parasites that modify intermediate host behaviour to enhance their transmission to definitive hosts. Furthermore, these data support earlier studies indicating that M. turgidus does not affect the growth and survival of P. pugio.

Analisis Isi Lambung Ikan Selais Terang Bulan (Kryptopterus bicirrhis, Valenciennes 1840) Di Desa Rantau Kasih Sungai Kampar Kiri Propinsi Riau

Biospecies ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 57-63
Author(s):  
Ermi Yeni ◽  
Roza Elvyra
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Additional Food ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Carnivorous Fish ◽  
Supplementary Food ◽  
Main Food

The study on gut content of Selais Terang Bulan fish (Kryptopterus bicirrhis) in Rantau Kasih village Kampar Kiri river was conducted from Februari- April 2017. The purpose of this study was to know about gut content of Selais Terang Bulan fish which was categorized as main food, supplementary food and additional food. The analysis is done based on the instruction of Natardjan and Jhingran (1961). The gut content was analized using the Index of preponderance.  The result revealed that  the main food of  Selais Terang Bulan fish in Rantau Kasih village is adult Arthropoda with IP value (78.85%), and supplementary food is caterpillar (25.15%). Male and female fishes at have main food of adult Arthropoda with different percentages are (82.81%) male and female (71.32%). Based on the gut content analysis of Selais Terang Bulan fish was a carnivorous fish.

scholarly journals Comparative gut content analysis of invasive mosquitofish from Italy and Spain

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Pirroni ◽  
Laura Pennafort Dezen ◽  
Francesco Santi ◽  
Rüdiger Riesch
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content

Detecting Specific Resource Use by Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae) Using Gut Content Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 1496-1500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren M Diepenbrock ◽  
Jonathan G Lundgren ◽  
Tim L Sit ◽  
Hannah J Burrack
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Drosophila Suzukii

Systematic revision, diversity patterns and trophic ecology of the tropical Indo-West Pacific sea slug genus Phanerophthalmus A. Adams, 1850 (Cephalaspidea, Haminoeidae)

2018 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer Austin ◽  
Terrence Gosliner ◽  
Manuel A. E. Malaquias
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Trophic Ecology ◽  
Rrna Genes ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Central Pacific ◽  
Systematic Revision ◽  
West Pacific

Phanerophthalmus is a genus of Indo-West Pacific sea slugs inhabiting seagrass and coral reefs with up to now seven species currently recognised as valid. The goals of this study are to revise the systematics of Phanerophthalmus, infer its phylogeny and patterns of diversity, as well as study its diet. Morphology was combined with molecular phylogenetics based on two mitochondrial (cytochrome c oxidase subunit I, 16S rRNA) and one nuclear (28S rRNA) genes. Molecular species delimitation methods (ABGD, DISSECT) were employed to aid delimiting species. Diet was assessed by gut content analysis. Seventeen species were recognised, 10 of them new to science (P. albotriangulatum, sp. nov., P. anettae, sp. nov., P. batangas, sp. nov., P. boucheti, sp. nov., P. cerverai, sp. nov., P. lentigines, sp. nov., P. paulayi, sp. nov., P. purpura, sp. nov., P. rudmani, sp. nov., P. tibiricae, sp. nov.). Phanerophthalmus has its highest diversity in the Western Pacific where 13 species occur with a peak in the Coral Triangle (11 species; three only known from here). Diversity decreases towards the Central Pacific with five species and Indian Ocean/Red Sea with four species. Only two species are distributed across the Indo-West Pacific. Preliminary gut content analysis suggests these slugs feed on diatoms.

scholarly journals Zooplankton composition and trophic status of hydrobionts of the Laptev and East Siberian seas

2019 ◽  
Vol 59 (6) ◽  
pp. 987-997
Author(s):  
K. M. Gorbatenko ◽  
S. I. Kiyashko
Keyword(s):  
Fish Species ◽  
Trophic Status ◽  
Northwestern Part ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Boreogadus Saida ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Summer Period ◽  
East Siberian Sea ◽  
Dominant Fish ◽  
The Laptev Sea

Species composition, density, biomass and distribution of zooplankton on shelf and slope of northwestern part of the Laptev Sea and shallow-water shelf of the East Siberian Sea were studied in 2015 summer period. Using analysis of stable isotopes of carbon (13 С) and nitrogen (15N), trophic status of abundant zooplankton and fish species, and their positions in food webs of these two seas, were compared. Gut content analysis, as well stable isotope data, showed mutual changes in the trophic status of dominant fish species arctic cod, Boreogadus saida, with age.

scholarly journals Gut content analysis of cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) in Asam Kumbang Crocodile Park, North Sumatra

2021 ◽  
Vol 912 (1) ◽  
pp. 012105
Author(s):  
E Jumilawaty ◽  
N Namira ◽  
A Anggelicha ◽  
A Hartanto
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Prey Availability ◽  
Biological Control Agent ◽  
Food Resource ◽  
Control Agent ◽  
Gut Content Analysis ◽  
Gut Content ◽  
Dominant Group ◽  
Bubulcus Ibis

Abstract Cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a widespread avian species inhabiting a variety of natural and artificial sites. Asam Kumbang Crocodile Park is one of establishments that occupied some portions of B. ibis habitat with no recent information on the food resource and prey availability for the viability of B. ibis. To this aim, we collected 10 random individuals of B. ibis to be sacrificed for gut content analysis of prey species. A total of 19 taxa was found as prey items in the gut of B. ibis with the dominant group from insects (Orthoptera, Scolopendromorpha). The diversity of prey species was categorized as moderate with intraspecific diet variation which formed four guilds that fed on specific taxa namely Group 1 (Haplotaxida, Lepidoptera, Anurans), Group 2 (Blattodea, Coleoptera, Araneae), Group 3 (Orthoptera, Scolopendromorpha); and Group 4 (Dermaptera, Squamata). Oxya chinensis and Oxya velox are important rice grasshopper pests that were also found in the gut of B. ibis reflecting their potential function as biological control agent.

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