The effects of predation risk and current velocity stress on growth,condition and swimming energetics of Japanese minnow (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Pseudorasbora parva</Emphasis>) |
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Authors: | Sunardi Takashi Asaeda Jagath Manatunge Takeshi Fujino |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Environmental Science & Human Engineering, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama 338-8570, Japan |
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Abstract: | A Japanese minnow, Pseudorasbora parva, was exposed simultaneously to multiple dangers in experimental tanks. The study aimed to quantify to what extent the risk
of predation coinciding with an adverse environmental factor, high flow velocity, affects prey in terms of growth and energy
expenditure. In this experiment, two measures of growth (i.e., body weight and length), condition, feeding, swimming cost
and behavioral responses were analyzed. The results showed that in such an environment, prey showed lowered growth and were
in a poorer condition. As the prey shifted to the shallow area with high flow velocity, the prey consumed a lower ration and
incurred multiple costs for swimming locomotion that might reduce the allocation of energy to biomass and energy storage.
Reduction in activity might decrease the cost of locomotion, but it did not have a considerable effect on overall swimming
energy expenditure. In stream ecosystems, the high swimming energy expenditure appears to magnify the effects of predation
risk by causing lowered growth and a poorer condition and, hence, fitness. The present study shows that high flow velocity
is one of the environmental factors that determine the energetic responses of a potential prey to the presence of predators. |
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Keywords: | Condition Energy allocation Growth Ration Swimming cost Velocity stress |
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