We conducted experiments in an artificial stream tank with wild juvenile Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis captured in the Yangtze Estuary to test the null hypothesis that their feeding efficiency on Barcheek goby R...We conducted experiments in an artificial stream tank with wild juvenile Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis captured in the Yangtze Estuary to test the null hypothesis that their feeding efficiency on Barcheek goby Rhinogobius giurinus was not affected by sand vs. smooth glass substrate. Gobies are among the most common prey eaten by wild juvenile A. sinensis in the estuary. Test results found neither substrate type significantly affected feeding efficiency by juveniles. Previous research found a strong innate habitat preference of A. sinensis for sand substrate. The present results indicate that the preference for sand is not related to efficiently capturing R. giurinus on sand, but is an adaptation predisposing juvenile A. sinensis to seek sandy substrate where R. giurinus and other benthic forage are the most abundant in the Yangtze Estuary.展开更多
Gezhouba Dam was built in 1981 across the Yangtze River at Yichang, Hubei Prov-ince, China. It blocked the upstream spawning migration of all anadromous species offish, including the Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensi...Gezhouba Dam was built in 1981 across the Yangtze River at Yichang, Hubei Prov-ince, China. It blocked the upstream spawning migration of all anadromous species offish, including the Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis. Although the main historicalspawing areas of Chinese sturgeons were far upstream of the dam, successful spawning inthe reach below the dam has been documented each year since 1982 by collecting展开更多
文摘We conducted experiments in an artificial stream tank with wild juvenile Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis captured in the Yangtze Estuary to test the null hypothesis that their feeding efficiency on Barcheek goby Rhinogobius giurinus was not affected by sand vs. smooth glass substrate. Gobies are among the most common prey eaten by wild juvenile A. sinensis in the estuary. Test results found neither substrate type significantly affected feeding efficiency by juveniles. Previous research found a strong innate habitat preference of A. sinensis for sand substrate. The present results indicate that the preference for sand is not related to efficiently capturing R. giurinus on sand, but is an adaptation predisposing juvenile A. sinensis to seek sandy substrate where R. giurinus and other benthic forage are the most abundant in the Yangtze Estuary.
基金Project supported by the United States-China Natural Program.
文摘Gezhouba Dam was built in 1981 across the Yangtze River at Yichang, Hubei Prov-ince, China. It blocked the upstream spawning migration of all anadromous species offish, including the Chinese sturgeon Acipenser sinensis. Although the main historicalspawing areas of Chinese sturgeons were far upstream of the dam, successful spawning inthe reach below the dam has been documented each year since 1982 by collecting
