Diet and feeding strategy of northern pike (Esox lucius L., 1758) inhabiting a deep dam lake in Central Anatolia, Türkiye
Yazarlar (4)
Prof. Dr. Okan YAZICIOĞLU
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Doç. Dr. Ramazan YAZICI
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Abdulkadir Yağcı
Koyunculuk Enstitüsü, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Mahmut YILMAZ
Kırşehir Ahi Evran Üniversitesi, Türkiye
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Özgün Makale
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| Dergi Adı | Revista Colombiana De Obstetricia Y Ginecologia | ||
| Dergi ISSN | 0034-7434 Scopus Dergi | ||
| Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler | SCI-Expanded | ||
| Makale Dili | İngilizce | Basım Tarihi | 01-2025 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 76 / 3 / 92–103 | DOI | 10.3409/fb_73-3.10 |
| Makale Linki | https://doi.org/10.3409/fb_73-3.10 | ||
| Özet |
| Fish samples were collected monthly from Dam Lake from September 2015 to August 2016 and a total of 133 northern pike, Esox lucius individuals were examined for this study. The feeding intensity showed the highest value during summer (FI= 1.59) while the lowest value was during winter (FI= 0.51). Temperature was identified as the most critical environmental variable influencing feeding intensity. The high similarity in the diet of northern pike was observed between seasons. Stomach content analysis indicated that this species consumed only prey fishes. The most eaten of prey fishes were the Tinca tinca contributing 44.83% by number and 56.16% by frequency of occurrence. There was little variation in feeding features between seasons. The northern pike more specialized on T. tinca and Atherina. boyeri. According to the findings of the study, Esox lucius was a primary predator and showed a specialist feeding behavior, feeding only on fish (mainly T. tinca and A. boyeri). Environmental prey abundance did not affect the prey selection of this fish species in Sıddıklı Dam Lake. |
| Anahtar Kelimeler |
| prey preference | feeding features | food items | predator fish | S & imath;dd & imath;kl & imath; K & Uuml;& ccedil;& Uuml;kbo & gbreve;az Dam Lake |
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