Issue |
Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 417, 2016
Topical Issue on Fish Ecology
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Article Number | 7 | |
Number of page(s) | 7 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2015040 | |
Published online | 18 January 2016 |
Short communication
The freshwater grass shrimp Palaemonetes antennarius in the diet of fish in Lake Bracciano (Central Italy)
La crevette d’eau douce Palaemonetes antennarius dans l’alimentation des poissons du lac de Bracciano (Italie centrale)
1
Department of Sciences, University of Roma Tre,
viale Guglielmo Marconi 446,
00146
Rome,
Italy
2
Department of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnologies, University
of Perugia, via Pascoli
1, 06123
Perugia,
Italy
⋆ Corresponding author:
lorenzo.traversetti@uniroma3.it
Received:
10
September
2015
Revised:
19
November
2015
Accepted:
20
November
2015
We evaluated the importance of the freshwater grass shrimp Palaemonetes antennarius as trophic source for the lacustrine fish of the Lake Bracciano (Central Italy) analyzing 6120 stomach contents of 10 species. Shrimp was recorded for all size classes of the investigated species with a variation in frequency and abundance depending on seasons. P. antennarius was occasionally preyed by cyprinids, and systematically by small individuals of carnivorous fish. Our findings acquire more importance if we take the shrimps ecological niche into account, as it is potentially acting as detritivorous/generalist and predator of benthic invertebrates as well. This feeding behavior makes P. antennarius an important network ring, being a taxon that ought to receive the same attention recommended for other freshwater decapods as proposed for Austropotamobius pallipes and Potamon fluviatile.
Résumé
Nous avons évalué l’importance de la crevette d’eau douce Palaemonetes antennarius comme source trophique pour les poissons lacustres du lac de Bracciano (Italie centrale) par analyse de 6120 contenus stomacaux de 10 espèces. La crevette a été trouvée pour toutes les classes de taille des espèces étudiées avec une variation de la fréquence et de l’abondance en fonction des saisons. P. Antennarius a été consommée occasionnellement par les cyprinidés, et systématiquement les petits individus des poissons carnivores. Nos résultats acquièrent plus d’importance si nous prenons la niche écologique des crevettes en compte, car elle agit potentiellement comme détritivore/généraliste et également prédateur d’invertébrés benthiques. Ce comportement alimentaire fait de P. antennarius un important nœud du réseau trophique, et un taxon qui devrait recevoir la même attention que celle recommandée pour les autres décapodes d’eau douce comme Austropotamobius pallipes et Potamon fluviatile.
Key words: Decapoda / Palaemonidae / Palaemonetes antennarius / fish stomach content analysis / Mediterranean
Mots clés : Decapode / Palaemonidae / Palaemonetes antennarius / contenu stomacal / Méditerranéen
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