کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4550623 1627570 2016 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Fish functional traits are affected by hydrodynamics at small spatial scale
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
صفات عملکرد ماهی تحت تاثیر هیدرودینامیک در مقیاس کوچک فضایی قرار دارند
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات اقیانوس شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


• Local hydrodynamics elicits different patterns of food availability and affects functional traits of a fish on a short scale.
• Mediterranean damselfish spends the daytime searching for food. Local micro-conditions may have rebounds on fitness.
• Higher body condition are favored by high-hydrodynamics with greater amounts of food to support larger individuals.

The Mediterranean damselfish Chromis chromis is a species with a broad distribution found both in the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic as far south as the coast of Angola. We hypothesized that the species may have significant functional morphological plasticity to adapt along a gradient of environmental conditions. It is a non-migratory zooplanktivorous species and spends the daytime searching for food in the middle of the water column. Therefore, local hydrodynamics could be one of the environmental factors affecting traits of C. chromis with repercussions at the population level. We compared the body condition, individual growth and body shapes of damselfish collected under two different hydrodynamic conditions (low ∼10 cm s−1 vs. high ∼20 cm s−1). Specimens showed higher body condition under high-hydrodynamics, where conditions offered greater amounts of food, which were able to support larger individuals. Individuals smaller than 60-mm were more abundant under low-hydrodynamics. Morphometric analysis revealed that high-hydrodynamics were favored by fish with a more fusiform body shape and body traits developed for propellant swimming.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Marine Environmental Research - Volume 113, February 2016, Pages 116–123
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