Assessing the Ecological Conversion Efficiency of Chub Mackerel, Somber japonicus, in Wild Conditions Based on an In Situ Enriched Simulation Method

文献类型: 外文期刊

第一作者: Sun, Xin

作者: Sun, Xin;Yu, Miao;Tang, Qisheng;Sun, Yao

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关键词: ecological conversion efficiency; gastric evacuation rate; in situ simulation method; chub mackerel

期刊名称:ANIMALS ( 影响因子:3.0; 五年影响因子:3.2 )

ISSN: 2076-2615

年卷期: 2023 年 13 卷 20 期

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收录情况: SCI

摘要: Understanding the ecological conversion efficiency of a fish species can be used to estimate the potential impact of the marine food web and accordingly provides scientific advice to ecosystem-based fishery management. However, only laboratory experiments may limit the accuracy of determining this index. In this study, food ingestion and ecological conversion efficiency of wild chub mackerel (Somber japonicus), a typical marine pelagic fish, were determined with gastric evacuation method in laboratory and in situ enriched simulation conditions. Additionally, the effect of temperature and body weight on ecological conversion efficiency was further estimated based on the 2D interpolation method. The results showed that, at 25.1(degrees)C, the ecological conversion efficiency determined in-lab (35.31%) was significantly higher than in situ (23.85%). Moreover, the interpolation model estimated that with an increase in temperature (10-27(degrees)C), the ecological conversion efficiency initially decreased, followed by an increase when the temperature reached 18(degrees)C, but the ecological conversion efficiency generally decreased against the body weight at each temperature. The findings of this study enhanced the understanding of the energy budget of chub mackerel and also provided an efficient method for the determination of wild fishes that are difficult to sample in situ and domesticate in the laboratory.

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