Comparison of mouth morphology and prey size selection among three esocid taxa

Comparison of mouth morphology and prey size selection among three esocid taxa

Aquatic organisms, especially fishes, exhibit exceptional diversity in mouth morphology and this variation has been shown to influence foraging patterns. We compared mouth morphology among muskellunge Esox masquinongy , northern pike Esox lucius and their hybrid, tiger muskellunge E. masquinongy x E...

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Veröffentlicht in:Environmental biology of fishes 2018-03, Vol.101 (3), p.449-458
Hauptverfasser: Detmer, Thomas M., Einfalt, Lisa M., Parkos, Joseph J., Wahl, David H.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animal morphology
Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Aquatic organisms
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Ecosystem structure
Environment
Esox lucius
Esox masquinongy
Field tests
Fish
Foraging
Freshwater & Marine Ecology
Freshwater fishes
Handling
Juveniles
Laboratories
Lakes
Life Sciences
Morphology
Mouth
Nature Conservation
Physical characteristics
Predation
Predators
Prey
Taxa
Variation
Vulnerability
Width
Zoology
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Zusammenfassung:Aquatic organisms, especially fishes, exhibit exceptional diversity in mouth morphology and this variation has been shown to influence foraging patterns. We compared mouth morphology among muskellunge Esox masquinongy , northern pike Esox lucius and their hybrid, tiger muskellunge E. masquinongy x E. lucius . Head and mouth size among the three taxa were similar for juveniles (
ISSN:0378-1909
1573-5133
DOI:10.1007/s10641-017-0710-2