Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater
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Título da fonte: | Neotropical ichthyology (Online) |
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Resumo: | Predators are known to modify hunting tactics in response to local conditions to exploit prey of different species, densities or position within habitat patches. I describe three unusual prey hunting tactics used by trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus) distributed in midwater above reefs off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, in the southern Caribbean Sea. Hunting behaviors were focused on dense feeding aggregations of brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) and were categorized as: (1) slow horizontal following, (2) vertical hovering or drift, and (3) diagonal cross encounters where trumpetfish descended diagonally through the water while adjusting trajectory to encounter target prey. Understanding variation in predator behavior and ambit, in this case vertical ambit, adds to our knowledge of how predators adapt to unique local opportunities to exploit prey. |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in MidwaterBehaviorHabitat, PreyDistributionCaribbean SeaPredators are known to modify hunting tactics in response to local conditions to exploit prey of different species, densities or position within habitat patches. I describe three unusual prey hunting tactics used by trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus) distributed in midwater above reefs off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, in the southern Caribbean Sea. Hunting behaviors were focused on dense feeding aggregations of brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) and were categorized as: (1) slow horizontal following, (2) vertical hovering or drift, and (3) diagonal cross encounters where trumpetfish descended diagonally through the water while adjusting trajectory to encounter target prey. Understanding variation in predator behavior and ambit, in this case vertical ambit, adds to our knowledge of how predators adapt to unique local opportunities to exploit prey.Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia2008-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1679-62252008000200018Neotropical Ichthyology v.6 n.2 2008reponame:Neotropical ichthyology (Online)instname:Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (SBI)instacron:SBI10.1590/S1679-62252008000200018info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAuster,Peter J.eng2008-07-28T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1679-62252008000200018Revistahttp://www.ufrgs.br/ni/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.php||neoichth@nupelia.uem.br1982-02241679-6225opendoar:2008-07-28T00:00Neotropical ichthyology (Online) - Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia (SBI)false |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater Auster,Peter J. Behavior Habitat, Prey Distribution Caribbean Sea |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Predation Tactics of Trumpetfish in Midwater |
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Auster,Peter J. |
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Auster,Peter J. |
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Auster,Peter J. |
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Behavior Habitat, Prey Distribution Caribbean Sea |
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Behavior Habitat, Prey Distribution Caribbean Sea |
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Predators are known to modify hunting tactics in response to local conditions to exploit prey of different species, densities or position within habitat patches. I describe three unusual prey hunting tactics used by trumpetfish (Aulostomus maculatus) distributed in midwater above reefs off Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles, in the southern Caribbean Sea. Hunting behaviors were focused on dense feeding aggregations of brown chromis (Chromis multilineata) and were categorized as: (1) slow horizontal following, (2) vertical hovering or drift, and (3) diagonal cross encounters where trumpetfish descended diagonally through the water while adjusting trajectory to encounter target prey. Understanding variation in predator behavior and ambit, in this case vertical ambit, adds to our knowledge of how predators adapt to unique local opportunities to exploit prey. |
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10.1590/S1679-62252008000200018 |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia |
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