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Investigating food assimilation in a carnivorous teleost by stable isotopes analysis: the case of ribbonfish off south-east Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2020

Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto Open the ORCID record for Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto [Opens in a new window] ,
Pedro Viana Gatts Open the ORCID record for Pedro Viana Gatts [Opens in a new window]  and
Vanessa Trindade Bittar
Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto*
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro – UENF, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil
Pedro Viana Gatts
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro – UENF, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil
Vanessa Trindade Bittar
Affiliation:
Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Centro de Biociências e Biotecnologia, Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro – UENF, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, 28013-602, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: Ana Paula Madeira Di Beneditto, E-mail: anapaula@uenf.br, anadibeneditto@gmail.com
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Abstract

This study verifies the food assimilation of a carnivorous teleost in different timescales (weeks vs months) and evaluates how it uses the food sources. The target species is the adult ribbonfish, Trichiurus lepturus, a voracious teleost caught in commercial fisheries off south-east Brazil (21°S–22°S). The isotope models indicated Chirocentrodon bleekerianus as the main food in the ribbonfish diet in the last weeks (liver: 38.5%; 95% credible intervals: 3.4–73.9%) and last months (muscle: 36.2%; 95% credible intervals: 3.4–68.7%). The contribution of other food sources ranges from 10–16% (liver) and from 10–20% (muscle). Food assimilation remains similar at different timescales. The isotope models suggested a strong and long-lasting association of the adult females of ribbonfish with coastal waters along the study area.

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Coastal watersfeedingmixing modelsstable isotopesteleosts
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 100 , Issue 3 , May 2020 , pp. 445 - 451
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2020

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