Comparison Of Multi-Piscivore Foraging Success On Native And Invasive Prey Fish Under Variable Light Intensities
2020-05
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Comparison Of Multi-Piscivore Foraging Success On Native And Invasive Prey Fish Under Variable Light Intensities
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The majority of fish predator-prey studies have focused on interactions using a single predator. We explored the complexity of foraging at different times of the day by examining the interactions of paired native predators (Burbot Lota lota or Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu) with either native (Mottled Sculpin Cottus bairdii) or invasive (Round Goby Neogobius melanostomus) benthic prey (n=20). The study allowed the comparison of a pursuit (Smallmouth Bass) and ambush (Burbot) predator. Trials were performed under natural relevant lighting conditions with downwelling light intensity and emission spectrum matched to the irradiance at 10 m depth found in the St. Louis River estuary during summer at night, civil twilight, sunrise, and midmorning. Smallmouth Bass were more active than burbot and initiated 1,510 reactions that resulted in the successful capture of 61 Round Goby and 103 Mottled Sculpin (10.9% success rate overall) whereas Burbot initiated 475 reactions resulting in 24 successful retentions including 9 Round Goby and 15 Mottled Sculpin (5.0% success rate overall). The percentage of successful retentions was greater for Smallmouth Bass at 10.9% compared to only 5.0% for Burbot. Reaction probabilities to each prey differed significantly which resulted in a two-fold increase in attacks on Mottled Sculpin compared to Round Gobies within the same time period. Reaction distances for both predator species did not differ in regard to prey species, but Smallmouth Bass reacted farther than Burbot (max. reaction distances of 159 and 98 cm, respectively). Greater success of native predators on native prey likely cause predators to expend more energy capturing invasive prey and cause higher mortality on native prey populations due to greater predator success.
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University of Minnesota M.S. thesis. May 2020. Major: Biology. Advisors: Allen Mensinger, Thomas Hrabik. 1 computer file (PDF); 86 pages.
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Michels, Noland. (2020). Comparison Of Multi-Piscivore Foraging Success On Native And Invasive Prey Fish Under Variable Light Intensities. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/215014.
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