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The effect of turbidity and prey fish density on consumption rates of piscivorous Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis

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Author

  • Lene Jacobsen
  • Soren Berg
  • Henrik Baktoft
  • Anders Nilsson
  • Christian Skov

Summary, in English

Predator-prey interaction strengths in variable environments constitute a fundamental link to the understanding of aquatic ecosystem responses to environmental change. The present study investigates the effects of visibility conditions and prey fish density on predation rates of visually oriented piscivorous Eurasian perch Perca fluviatilis L. This was done in outdoor mesocosm (16 m(2)) experiments with clear water and two levels of turbidity (25 and 105 NTU) and two prey fish densities [3.1 and 12.5 roach Rutilus rutilus (L.) individuals m(-2)]. Perch consumption rates were affected by visibility less than expected, while they were highly affected by increased prey fish density. Perch responded to high prey density in all visibility conditions, indicating that prey density is more crucial for consumption than visibility in turbid lakes.

Publishing year

2014

Language

English

Pages

187-190

Publication/Series

Journal of Limnology

Volume

73

Issue

1

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Page Press

Topic

  • Ecology

Keywords

  • visibility
  • roach prey
  • mesocosm
  • piscivory
  • hunting mode

Status

Published

Research group

  • Aquatic Ecology

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1129-5767