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Insights on diet dynamics of Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816)

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Relation https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14690/
http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJF/article/view/91590
DOI: 10.21077/ijf.2020.67.3.91590-17
 
Title Insights on diet dynamics of Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816)
 
Creator Ganga, U
Radhakrishnan, C K
 
Subject Food and Feeding
Mackerel
Pelagic Fisheries
 
Description The diet of Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816) is reported based on the gut content analysis of specimens collected along the central Kerala coast, India. The study indicated ontogenetic variations in diet with diet breadth being highest in the largest size class of >231 mm total length (TL). Copepods followed by diatoms were the preferred food items. Detritus was an important diet component, especially during the pre-monsoon season and in the larger (>231 mm TL) size groups. The Preponderal Index (Ip) indicated seasonal differences in proportions of the various prey consumed. Spearman Rank Correlation Coefficient indicated similar diet quality during monsoon (June-September) and post-monsoon
(October-January) seasons; but significant differences as compared to pre-monsoon season (February-May). Based on the results of the study, Indian mackerel was classified as an opportunistic feeder with a diet component that broadly reflects its seasonal-spatial habitats and local food availability
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier https://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14690/1/IJF_2020_U%20Ganga_Insights%20on%20diet%20dynamics%20of%20Indian%20mackerel%20Rastrelliger%20kanagurta.pdf
Ganga, U and Radhakrishnan, C K (2020) Insights on diet dynamics of Indian mackerel Rastrelliger kanagurta (Cuvier, 1816). Indian Journal of Fisheries, 67 (3). pp. 152-156.