{"title":"Trophic interactions between the 11 most abundant demersal fish species on the Pacific coast of central Mexico","authors":"J. F. Ortega, E. G. Domínguez, G. G. Sansón","doi":"10.7773/cm.v46i2.3056","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"espanolSe realizo la descripcion de la dieta, la estrategia alimenticia y las interacciones troficas de las 11 especies de peces demersales con mayor abundancia en la costa central mexicana del Pacifico durante 2 periodos, el calido y el frio. En total se recolectaron 4,547 estomagos, de los cuales 1,921 estomagos vacios fueron descartados. En el analisis de los contenidos estomacales fueron identificados 95 entidades alimenta-rias, que fueron agrupados en 70 categorias alimentarias pertenecientes a crustaceos, moluscos, peces, poliquetos y equinodermos. De acuerdo a los valores del indice de Smith y la alta diversidad de presas, la estrategia alimenticia mostrada por las 11 especies en ambas temporadas de estudio fue generalista-oportunista. Se registraron valores bajos en la superposicion de la dieta y solamente se encontraron pocos casos signi-ficativos de superposicion de la dieta en la interaccion entre algunas especies de rayas de la familia Urotrygonidae y los lenguados del orden Pleuronectiformes. La disponibilidad y abundancia de recursos presa en el ambiente y la generalizacion de la amplitud del nicho permiten la coexistencia de la comunidad demersal de depredadores de fondos blandos someros sin competencia evidente por los recursos troficos. EnglishWe describe the diet, feeding strategy, and trophic interactions between the 11 most abundant demersal fish species on the Pacific coast of central Mexico during both the warm and cold seasons. A total of 4,547 stomachs were collected, with 1,921 empty stomachs being discarded. According to the stomach content analysis, 95 prey items were identified and grouped into 70 food categories belonging to crusta-ceans, mollusks, fish, polychaetes, and echinoderms. The Smith index value and high prey diversity indicated that the 11 fish species exhibited a generalist opportunistic feeding strategy in both survey seasons. Low values of dietary overlap were recorded, and only a few significant cases of dietary overlap were found in the interaction between some rays (Urotrygonidae) and flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes). The availability and abundance of prey resources in the environment and the generalization of niche breadth allows the demersal predator community of the soft shallow bottoms to coexist without any evident competition for trophic resources.","PeriodicalId":50702,"journal":{"name":"Ciencias Marinas","volume":"46 1","pages":"101-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2020-06-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Ciencias Marinas","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.7773/cm.v46i2.3056","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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espanolSe realizo la descripcion de la dieta, la estrategia alimenticia y las interacciones troficas de las 11 especies de peces demersales con mayor abundancia en la costa central mexicana del Pacifico durante 2 periodos, el calido y el frio. En total se recolectaron 4,547 estomagos, de los cuales 1,921 estomagos vacios fueron descartados. En el analisis de los contenidos estomacales fueron identificados 95 entidades alimenta-rias, que fueron agrupados en 70 categorias alimentarias pertenecientes a crustaceos, moluscos, peces, poliquetos y equinodermos. De acuerdo a los valores del indice de Smith y la alta diversidad de presas, la estrategia alimenticia mostrada por las 11 especies en ambas temporadas de estudio fue generalista-oportunista. Se registraron valores bajos en la superposicion de la dieta y solamente se encontraron pocos casos signi-ficativos de superposicion de la dieta en la interaccion entre algunas especies de rayas de la familia Urotrygonidae y los lenguados del orden Pleuronectiformes. La disponibilidad y abundancia de recursos presa en el ambiente y la generalizacion de la amplitud del nicho permiten la coexistencia de la comunidad demersal de depredadores de fondos blandos someros sin competencia evidente por los recursos troficos. EnglishWe describe the diet, feeding strategy, and trophic interactions between the 11 most abundant demersal fish species on the Pacific coast of central Mexico during both the warm and cold seasons. A total of 4,547 stomachs were collected, with 1,921 empty stomachs being discarded. According to the stomach content analysis, 95 prey items were identified and grouped into 70 food categories belonging to crusta-ceans, mollusks, fish, polychaetes, and echinoderms. The Smith index value and high prey diversity indicated that the 11 fish species exhibited a generalist opportunistic feeding strategy in both survey seasons. Low values of dietary overlap were recorded, and only a few significant cases of dietary overlap were found in the interaction between some rays (Urotrygonidae) and flatfish species (Pleuronectiformes). The availability and abundance of prey resources in the environment and the generalization of niche breadth allows the demersal predator community of the soft shallow bottoms to coexist without any evident competition for trophic resources.
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A bilingual open-access publication, Ciencias Marinas (CM) is an international peer-reviewed journal that contains original research findings in all areas of marine science. It is published quarterly by the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico, and all its contents are publicly available on our journal website. Though a limited number of copies are still printed, the journal is mainly distributed in its electronic format.
CM was conceived in 1973 as part of an academic project aimed to entice local researchers to publicly disclose their findings by adopting the culture of peer-review publishing. This academic project evolved into an international journal after accepting papers from researchers in the United States and, eventually, other parts of the world. Because of the diversity in authorship, CM issues were initially published in either Spanish or English, and occasionally in both languages. It was not until 1984 when CM included both language versions of all its contents, and it then became the fully bilingual journal it still is today. At CM we believe our inclusive format allows us not only to address a wider range of submissions from international authors but also to make published findings available to a wider international audience.
So whether you are looking for information on the redfish in Icelandic waters or the physical and biological properties of the Gulf of California, feel free to peruse CM contents. You may find them to provide source material for your research.