Ecological release in feeding behaviour: the case of bluegills in Japan |
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Authors: | Azuma M |
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Institution: | (1) Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-Machi, 852 Nagasaki, Japan |
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Abstract: | The stomach contents were analyzed monthly for each year-class to elucidate the foraging pattern of bluegills in a small vegetated lake by the frequency occurrence and the points methods. Seasonal dietary changes of the year-classes were considered comparing the monthly fluctuations in abundance of major prey organisms. Though these bluegills are dietary generalists and opportunists like those in North America, their foraging pattern was characterized by a relatively clearer dietary shift during ontogeny and a wider food niche including piscivorous than those of bluegills with congeners in their home land. Therefore this finding provides evidence of the ecological release caused by the absence of congeners. |
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Keywords: | dietary shifts congener-free conditions habitat use piscivorous points gif" alt="lsquo" align="BASELINE" BORDER="0">points method" target="_blank">gif" alt="rsquo" align="BASELINE" BORDER="0"> method community disturbance |
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