scholarly journals The interaction between suction feeding performance and prey escape response determines feeding success in larval fish

2019 ◽  
Vol 222 (17) ◽  
pp. jeb204834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Sommerfeld ◽  
Roi Holzman
Keyword(s):  
Escape Response ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Suction Feeding ◽  
Feeding Performance ◽  
Feeding Success ◽  
Prey Escape

scholarly journals Suction feeding performance and prey escape response interact to determine feeding success in larval fish

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noam Sommerfeld ◽  
Roi Holzman
Keyword(s):  
Early Development ◽  
Escape Response ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Sparus Aurata ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Larval Performance ◽  
Larval Feeding ◽  
Large Prey ◽  
Feeding Success

AbstractThe survival of larval marine fishes during early development is strongly dependent on their ability to capture prey. Most larval fish capture prey by expanding their mouth cavity, generating a “suction flow” that draws the prey into their mouth. Larval fish dwell in a hydrodynamic regime of low Reynolds numbers, which has been shown to impede their ability to capture non-evasive prey. However, the marine environment is characterized by an abundance of evasive prey such as Copepods. These organisms can sense the hydrodynamic disturbance created by approaching predators and perform high-acceleration escape maneuvers. Using a 3D high-speed video system, we characterized the interaction between 8-33 day post hatchingSparus auratalarvae and prey from a natural zooplankton assemblage that contained evasive prey, and assessed the factors that determine the outcome of these interactions. Larvae showed strong selectivity for large prey that was moving prior to the initialization of the strike. As previously shown in studies with non-evasive prey, larval feeding success increased with increasing Reynolds numbers. However, larval feeding success was also strongly dependent on the prey’s escape response. Feeding success was lower for larger, more evasive prey, indicating that larvae might be challenged in capturing their preferred prey. The kinematics of successful strikes resulted in shorter response time but higher hydrodynamic signature available for the prey. Thus, despite being “noisier”, successful strikes on evasive prey depended on preceding the prey’s escape response. Our results show that larval performance, rather than larval preferences, determines their diet during early development.

scholarly journals Angling-induced injuries have a negative impact on suction feeding performance and hydrodynamics in marine shiner perch, Cymatogaster aggregata

2018 ◽  
Vol 221 (19) ◽  
pp. jeb180935 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Thompson ◽  
Sam Van Wassenbergh ◽  
Sean M. Rogers ◽  
Scott G. Seamone ◽  
Timothy E. Higham
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Suction Feeding ◽  
Feeding Performance

scholarly journals Hydrodynamic regime determines the feeding success of larval fish through the modulation of strike kinematics

2017 ◽  
Vol 284 (1853) ◽  
pp. 20170235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor China ◽  
Liraz Levy ◽  
Alex Liberzon ◽  
Tal Elmaliach ◽  
Roi Holzman
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Sparus Aurata ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Early Ontogeny ◽  
Hydrodynamic Regime ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Larval Feeding ◽  
Feeding Success ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

Larval fishes experience extreme mortality rates, with 99% of a cohort perishing within days after starting to actively feed. While recent evidence suggests that hydrodynamic factors contribute to constraining larval feeding during early ontogeny, feeding is a complex process that involves numerous interacting behavioural and biomechanical components. How these components change throughout ontogeny and how they contribute to feeding remain unclear. Using 339 observations of larval feeding attempts, we quantified the effects of morphological and behavioural traits on feeding success of Sparus aurata larvae during early ontogeny. Feeding success was determined using high-speed videography, under both natural and increased water viscosity treatments. Successful strikes were characterized by Reynolds numbers that were an order of magnitude higher than those of failed strikes. The pattern of increasing strike success with increasing age was driven by the ontogeny of traits that facilitate the transition to higher Reynolds numbers. Hence, the physical growth of a larva plays an important role in its transition to a hydrodynamic regime of higher Reynolds numbers, in which suction feeding is more effective.

scholarly journals Once upon a larva: revisiting the relationship between feeding success and growth in fish larvae

2014 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pierre Pepin ◽  
Dominique Robert ◽  
Caroline Bouchard ◽  
John F. Dower ◽  
Marianne Falardeau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rates ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Fish Growth ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
Growth Time ◽  
Feeding Rates ◽  
Average Growth ◽  
Fast Growing ◽  
Feeding Success

Abstract Variations in larval fish growth rates are largely the result of variability in biotic and abiotic characteristics of the feeding environment experienced by each individual. An assessment of an individual's overall feeding success (i.e. accumulation of utilizable organic matter) can best be achieved at the time of capture when the relationships among environment, short-term feeding success as defined by gut content and long-term feeding success as defined by accumulated growth can be contrasted. Here, we investigated the relationships between average growth, feeding success, and variability in individual growth and feeding rates across a range of taxa based on a synthesis of studies in which stomach content and otolith growth were measured in the same individuals. Instantaneous measures of feeding success were highly variable and demonstrated a positive yet somewhat limited association with growth rates across all taxa. The strength of the feeding-growth relationships among taxa, and cohorts within taxa, was reflected in the autocorrelation of individual growth rates, suggesting that stable growth was achieved through consistent feeding success. However, when viewed at the individual level, faster growth was achieved in individuals with more variable growth rates, and by inference more variable past feeding success. The dichotomy in these underlying relationships may point to the importance of stochastic events in the development of exceptional individuals in a population, and may be linked to how surplus energy is allocated to individual growth rates. The positive correlation found between feeding success and growth in all taxa is consistent with the growth-survival paradigm for the larval stage of fish. However, both the correlation between feeding success and growth and the serial correlation of growth time-series was greatest in fast-growing species, suggesting that the potential for an early “critical period” regulating survival varies among species, reaching a maximum in fast-growing fish.

scholarly journals A complex performance landscape for suction-feeding reveals constraints and adaptations in a population of reef damselfish

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tal Keren ◽  
Moshe Kiflawi ◽  
Christopher H Martin ◽  
Victor China ◽  
Ofri Mann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Traits ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Mechanistic Model ◽  
Adaptive Landscape ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Stabilizing Selection ◽  
Suction Feeding ◽  
Feeding Performance ◽  
Genetic Constraints ◽  
A Performance

AbstractThe ability to predict how multiple traits interact in determining performance is key to understanding the evolution of complex functional systems. Similar to Simpson’s adaptive landscape, which describes the fitness consequences of varying morphological traits, performance landscapes depict the performance consequences of varying morphological traits. Mapping the population’s location with respect to the topographic features of the landscape could inform us on the selective forces operating on the traits that underlie performance. Here, we used a mechanistic model derived from first principles of hydrodynamics to construct a hypothetical performance landscape for zooplankton prey capture using suction feeding. We then used the landscape to test whether a population of Chromis viridis, a coral reef zooplanktivore, is located on a performance peak or ridge based on measurements of kinematic variables recorded in-situ during undisturbed foraging. Observed trait combinations in the wild population closely matched regions of high feeding performance in the landscape, however the population was not located on a local performance peak. This sub-optimal performance was not due to constraints stemming from the observed trait correlations. The predominant directions of variation of the phenotypic traits was tangent to the ‘path of steepest ascent’ that points towards the local peak, indicating that the population does not reside on a “performance ridge”. Rather, our analysis suggests that feeding performance is constrained by stabilizing selection, possibly reflecting a balance between selection on feeding performance and mechanical or genetic constraints.

scholarly journals Hydrodynamic regime drives flow reversals in suction feeding larval fishes during early ontogeny

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnamoorthy Krishnan ◽  
Asif Shahriar Nafi ◽  
Roi Gurka ◽  
Roi Holzman
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Simulations ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Sparus Aurata ◽  
Larval Fish ◽  
Fish Larvae ◽  
Numerical Models ◽  
Hydrodynamic Regime ◽  
Suction Feeding ◽  
Larval Fishes

AbstractFish larvae are the smallest self-sustaining vertebrates. As such, they face multiple challenge that stem from their minute size, and from the hydrodynamic regime in which they dwell. This regime of intermediate Reynolds numbers (Re) was shown to affect the swimming of larval fish and impede their ability to capture prey. Numerical simulations indicate that the flow fields external to the mouth in younger larvae result in shallower spatial gradients, limiting the force exerted on the prey. However, observations on feeding larvae suggest that failures in prey capture can also occur during prey transport, although the mechanism causing these failures is unclear. We combine high-speed videography and numerical simulations to investigate the hydrodynamic mechanisms that impede prey transport in larval fishes. Detailed kinematics of the expanding mouth during prey capture by larval Sparus aurata were used to parameterize age-specific numerical models of the flows inside the mouth. These models reveal that, for small larvae that slowly expand their mouth, not all the fluid that enters the mouth cavity is expelled through the gills, resulting in flow reversal at the mouth orifice. This efflux at the mouth orifice was highest in the younger ages, but was also high (>8%) in slow strikes produced by larger fish. Our modeling explains the observations of “in-and-out” events in larval fish, where prey enters the mouth but is not swallowed. It further highlights the importance of prey transport as an integral part in determining suction feeding success.

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