Abstract
Prey preference of juvenile lemon sharks Negaprion brevirostris was examined in experiments conducted in field-based pens where the fish were offered meals of live teleosts: grey snapper Lutjanus griseus and yellow fin majorra Gerres cinereus in ratios of L. griseus:G. cinereus varying from 10:0 to 2:8. Relative electivity indices for each treatment showed that N. brevirostris preyed on G. cinereus rather than L. griseus. They showed a prey preference relating to density of G. cinereus (type II functional response) but not to L. griseus.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 276-281 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Fish Biology |
Volume | 75 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 1 2009 |
Keywords
- Gerres cinereus
- Lemon shark
- Lutjanus griseus
- Prey preference
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Aquatic Science
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics