EFFECT OF HABITAT STRUCTURE ON THE FEEDING EFFICIENCY OF YOUNG STAGESOF RAZOR FISH (PELECUS-CULTRATUS (L)) - AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH

Authors
TATRAI I HERZIG A
Citation
I. Tatrai et A. Herzig, EFFECT OF HABITAT STRUCTURE ON THE FEEDING EFFICIENCY OF YOUNG STAGESOF RAZOR FISH (PELECUS-CULTRATUS (L)) - AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH, Hydrobiologia, 299(1), 1995, pp. 75-81
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Marine & Freshwater Biology
Journal title
Hydrobiologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00188158
Volume
299
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
75 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-8158(1995)299:1<75:EOHSOT>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
The effects of a submerged macrophyte (Potamogeton pectinatus), turbid ity (produced by 50 mg l(-1) kaolin), and their combination on the fee ding rate of young razor fish (Pelecus cultratus (L.)) were studied in the laboratory. Young razor fish showed preference for Copepoda in mo st of the simulated habitats. Razor fish fed more efficiently in the a bsence of any environmental structure, but the more structured habitat s, 3 g wet wt l(-1) of simulated submerged macrophyte and turbidity co mbined with vegetation, had a negative impact on food consumption rate s.