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Seasonal and habitat variations in diet of the invasive driftwood catfish Trachelyopterus galeatus in a Neotropical river basin, Brazil.

Garcia, D.A.Z., Tonella, L.H., Alves, G.H.Z., Vidotto-Magnoni, A.P., Benedito, E., Britton, J.R. and Orsi, M.L., 2020. Seasonal and habitat variations in diet of the invasive driftwood catfish Trachelyopterus galeatus in a Neotropical river basin, Brazil. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 36 (3), 329-338.

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DOI: 10.1111/jai.14035

Abstract

The characteristics of successful invaders often include generalist traits that enable adaptation to new environments through plastic responses, including their diet. The use of trophic resources of invasive driftwood catfish Trachelyopterus galeatus of the Upper Paraná River basin, Brazil, were studied with diet analysis and stable isotopic niche metrics based on δ15N and δ13C to test differences between a free-from-dam and damming population, and between wet and dry season. Stomach content analyses revealed significant differences between the populations. The diet of the riverine free-flowing river population was macroinvertebrate dominated, with Coleoptera and Lepidoptera prominent. In the damming population, diet was largely plant based, although Coleoptera was also prominent. Trophic niche breadth comparisons revealed a larger niche in the free-from-dam population versus the damming population that was independent of season. In both sites had dietary differences between the wet and dry season according to stomach contents analyses, although these were less prominent according to stable isotope metrics. Therefore, the diet of this invader is relatively general and plastic, enabling their exploitation of the varying availability of food resources between free-from-dam and damming river sections, and between wet and dry season.

Item Type:Article
ISSN:0175-8659
Additional Information:Funding information: This study was supported by Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) (n. 455580/2014‐6), Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) fellowship to Diego A. Z. Garcia and CNPq research fellowship to Evanilde Benedito (303556/2017‐0).
Uncontrolled Keywords:food resource; niche breadth; non‐native species; spatial variability; stable isotopes
Group:Faculty of Science & Technology
ID Code:33965
Deposited By: Symplectic RT2
Deposited On:05 May 2020 10:29
Last Modified:14 Mar 2022 14:21

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