Chemosensory Control of Filter Feeding Behavior in Bigheaded Carps
2015-05
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Chemosensory Control of Filter Feeding Behavior in Bigheaded Carps
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Bigheaded carps (silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix and bighead carp, H. nobilis) were used to investigate the physiological basis of filter feeding behavior in fish. I developed a new method for assaying chemically based food preferences by tracking the frequency of buccal-pharyngeal pumping behavior before and after a food and food chemical stimuli were presented. Spirulina algae (Arthrospira spp.), a cyanobacterium, was the most potent food type in releasing BPP behavior. Quality and quantity of chemical cues were important to the BPP response. Moderate responses to a mixture of L-Amino acids (common fish feeding cues) confirm their function in this genus but also suggest that there are other highly potent odorants and/or tastants present in the food mix filtrate. BPP behavior was markedly reduced without a functional olfactory sense. These results cumulatively suggest that chemical senses are integral to filter feeding behavior of Bigheaded carp.
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University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. May 2015. Major: Conservation Biology. Advisor: Peter Sorensen. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 65 pages.
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Claus, Aaron. (2015). Chemosensory Control of Filter Feeding Behavior in Bigheaded Carps. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/174753.
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