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MEPS 278:297-302 (2004)
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Abstract
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Growth-selective predation hypothesis revisited for larval anchovy in offshore waters: cannibalism by juveniles versus predation by skipjack tunas
Akinori Takasuka1,*, Yoshioki Oozeki1, Ryo Kimura2, Hiroshi Kubota1, Ichiro Aoki3
1National Research Institute of Fisheries Science, Fisheries Research Agency, 2-12-4 Fukuura, Kanazawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa 236-8648, Japan
2Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1-2-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo 100-8950, Japan
3Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
*Email: takasuka@affrc.go.jp
ABSTRACT: The 'growth-selective predation' hypothesis was revisited for larval Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonicus, focusing on larval cannibalism by juveniles and larval predation by skipjack tunas Katsuwonus pelamis, in offshore waters.
Larval anchovy and predators were captured simultaneously in June 1997 and in May 2000 in the western North Pacific. Growth rates estimated through otolith microstructure analysis, as well as somatic sizes, were compared between the ingested larvae from
the stomach contents of the predators and the surviving larvae from the original population. Size-selective mortality was directed negatively for cannibalism by juveniles and positively for predation by skipjack tunas. The cannibalised larvae had lower
growth rates than the larvae from the original population in the same larval size range. On the other hand, a similar comparison showed no differences in larval growth rates for predation by skipjack tunas. Larval cannibalism by juveniles would
potentially regulate growth-selective survival as well as survival rate itself during early life history stages of Japanese anchovy, while predation by skipjack tunas would influence survival rate itself but not growth-selective survival.
KEY WORDS: Growth-selective predation hypothesis · Growth rate · Predation mortality · Otolith microstructure · Larval Japanese anchovy · Larval cannibalism · Juvenile · Skipjack tuna
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Published in MEPS Vol.
278
(2004) on September 6
Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599.
Copyright © Inter-Research, Oldendorf/Luhe, 2004
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