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Knowl. Managt. Aquatic Ecosyst.
Number 416, 2015
Topical Issue on Fish Ecology
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Article Number | 13 | |
Number of page(s) | 13 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2015009 | |
Published online | 02 June 2015 |
Trophic interaction between topmouth gudgeon (Pseudorasbora parva) and the co-occurring species during summer in the Dniprodzerzhynsk reservoir
Interaction trophique entre le Pseudorasbora (Pseudorasbora parva) et les espèces coexistantes durant l’été dans le réservoir de Dniprodzerjynsk
Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Agrarian
Sciences of Ukraine, 135,
Obukhivska St., 03164
Kiev,
Ukraine
⋆ Corresponing author:
al_didenko@yahoo.com
Received:
29
January
2015
Revised:
6
April
2015
Accepted:
21
April
2015
Topmouth gudgeon, Pseudorasbora parva is the most common invasive fish in Europe, which can compete with the juveniles of valuable commercial fishes. The goal of this work is to study the diet of topmouth gudgeon and trophic relationships with some native fishes inhabiting the littoral zone of the Dniprodzerzhynsk reservoir. The obtained relatively low values of diet overlaps between topmouth gudgeon and other co-occurring cyprinids such as juvenile roach, Rutilus rutilus; silver bream, Blicca bjoerkna; rudd, Scardinius erythrophthalmus; Prussian carp, Carassius gibelio and bleak, Abramis brama, indicate that it is not a serious food competitor for them, especially commercially valuable ones. On the contrary, high diet overlaps were observed among some native cyprinids such as juvenile roach, silver bream, rudd, and bleak. The major prey items of topmouth gudgeon were Chydorus sphaericus and chironomids, whereas other cyprinids selected Bosmina spp. This peculiarity may be due to different vertical distributions of these fish in the littoral zone of the reservoir, where topmouth gudgeon inhabit near-bottom water layers, where they preyed on near-bottom and benthic zooplankters and chironomids, while juvenile roach, silver bream, rudd, and juvenile and adult bleak live in higher water layers, where they preyed on pelagic zooplankton.
Résumé
Le Pseudorasbora, Pseudorasbora parva, est le poisson le plus envahissant en Europe, qui peut entrer en compétition avec les juvéniles de poissons de valeur commerciale localement. Le but de ce travail est d’étudier le régime alimentaire du Pseudorasbora et ses relations trophiques avec certains poissons indigènes qui habitent la zone littorale du réservoir de Dniprodzerjynsk. Les valeurs relativement faibles des chevauchements alimentaires obtenues entre le Pseudorasbora et d’autres cyprinidés tels que les juvéniles du gardon, Rutilus rutilus; de la brème bordelière, Blicca bjoerkna; du rotengle, Scardinius erythrophthalmus, du carassin argenté, Carassius gibelio et de la brème, Abramis brama, indiquent que ce n’est pas un concurrent alimentaire important pour eux, en particulier ceux ayant une valeur commerciale. Par contre, des chevauchements de régime importants ont été observés chez certains cyprinidés indigènes comme le gardon juvénile, la brème bordelière, le rotengle, et la brème. Les principales proies du Pseudorasbora sont Chydorus sphaericus et des chironomes, alors que les autres cyprinidés sélectionnent Bosmina spp. Cette particularité peut être due à différentes distributions verticales de ces poissons dans la zone littorale du réservoir, où le Pseudorasbora habite les couches d’eau près du fond, où il se nourrit près du fond de zooplancton benthique et de chironomes tandis que le gardon juvénile, la brème bordelière, le rotengle et les juvéniles et adultes d’ablette vivent dans les couches d’eau supérieures, où ils se nourrissent de zooplancton pélagique.
Key words: Dnieper reservoirs / topmouth gudgeon / invasive species / fish diets / trophic relationships
Mots clés : réservoir du Dniepr / Pseudorasbora / espèce envahissante / alimentation de poissons / relation trophique
© A.V. Didenko and S.V. Kruzhylina, published by EDP Sciences, 2015
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