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Feeding Habits of Larval Clupea pallasii from the Nakdong River Estuary, Korea

낙동강 하구역에 출현하는 청어(Clupea pallasii) 자치어의 식성

  • Choi, Hee Chan (Fishery and Ocean Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Park, Joo Myun (Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University) ;
  • Youn, Seok Hyun (Fishery and Ocean Information Division, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute) ;
  • Huh, Sung Hoi (Department of Oceanography, Pukyong National University)
  • 최희찬 (국립수산과학원 수산해양종합정보과) ;
  • 박주면 (맥쿼리대학교 생물학부) ;
  • 윤석현 (국립수산과학원 수산해양종합정보과) ;
  • 허성회 (부경대학교 해양학과)
  • Received : 2015.06.08
  • Accepted : 2015.07.29
  • Published : 2015.08.31
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Abstract

We examined the feeding habits of larval Clupea pallasii using 148 specimens collected from December 2010 to April 2011 in the Nakdong River estuary, Korea. We found that larval C. pallasii [8.3-26.0 mm NL (notochord length)] are carnivorous, consuming mainly copepods, rotifers, cirripeds, and free-living flatworms (Macrostomida). Their diet also include small quantities of shrimp nauplii, tintinnids, cladocerans, and larval bivalves, among other food sources. To evaluate ontogenetic changes in dietary composition, we split larvae into four size groups: 8-12 mm, 12-16 mm, 16-20 mm, and > 20 mm NL. Rotifers were the most important prey items for the smallest group, but all other groups predominantly consumed copepods. The largest group frequently preyed on rotifers, cirripeds and flatworms, in addition to copepods. Larvae also showed bi-modal feeding, with peaks in the late afternoon and at midnight, wherein the mean number of prey per individual peaked at 1,800-1,900 h.

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