Specific features of feeding in underyearlings of zander (Sander lucioperca) (Percidae) of the Rybinsk reservoir in various years


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The results of the studies on feeding of zander (Sander lucioperca) underyearlings in the Rybinsk Reservoir in 2008-2010 and 2012 are presented. The study revealed that, at feeding on plankton, the assemblage of the organisms consumed by juvenile zander has not been changed compared to 1950. The underyearlings prefer to feed on large zooplankters—Daphnia longispina, Leptodora kindtii, and Bythotrephes longimanus—along with copepods. At some sampling stations, the species of macrozoobenthos were included in the young zander food. The piscine component of zander food was dominated by underyearlings of Azov-Black sea tyulka (Clupeonella cultriventris); the fries of perch (Perca fluviatilis) and cyprinids (Cyprinidae) were less important. The feeding strategy of zander underyearlings was unchanged in various years. At turning to predatory feeding, not only the ratio of sizes of predator versus prey but also the proportion of the densities of their populations plays an important role.

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Yu. V. Gerasimov

Papanin Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters

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Email: gu@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru
Russian Federation, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavskaya oblast

A. P. Strel’nikova

Papanin Institute of the Biology of Inland Waters

Email: gu@ibiw.yaroslavl.ru
Russian Federation, Nekouzskii raion, Yaroslavskaya oblast

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