Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia

A study was conducted on the food resource partitioning among fish species in Pahang River-estuary from 2010-2013 during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period. The area was divided in three strata (upstream, downstream and middle zone), based on environmental features. Stomach contents of all species...

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Main Authors:	Mohamed, Ahmad Azfar, Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal, Abdurahman, Siti Waznah
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Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2015
Subjects:	QH301 Biology
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/46982/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46982/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/46982/1/food_partitioning.pdf

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spelling	iium-469822017-12-08T03:10:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/46982/ Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia Mohamed, Ahmad Azfar Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Abdurahman, Siti Waznah QH301 Biology A study was conducted on the food resource partitioning among fish species in Pahang River-estuary from 2010-2013 during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period. The area was divided in three strata (upstream, downstream and middle zone), based on environmental features. Stomach contents of all species present were analyzed. From 138 of total stomach analyzed, 24 of them were empty and 114 were with food. From the analysis of prey in the stomachs, various kinds of food items consumed by the different size of fishes included phytoplankton, zooplankton, unidentified materials, fish, fish parts, shrimp, shrimp parts, crab, crab parts, plant parts, mollusk and detritus. Detritus consisted of all types of biogenic materials in various stages of microbial decomposition. Different fishes consume different types of food and feeding habit of fishes varies from season to season. From the percentage of number and occurrence of food resources, zooplankton are important in their own right as a major component of fish diets and are especially important to small and young individuals, even for the detrivore. Nevertheless, it represents an important trophic resource for fish food web of Pahang River-estuary. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/46982/1/food_partitioning.pdf Mohamed, Ahmad Azfar and Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal and Abdurahman, Siti Waznah (2015) Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia. Jurnal Teknologi, 77 (25). pp. 63-69. ISSN 0127–9696 E-ISSN 2180–3722 http://www.jurnalteknologi.utm.my/index.php/jurnalteknologi/article/viewFile/6741/4464
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description	A study was conducted on the food resource partitioning among fish species in Pahang River-estuary from 2010-2013 during pre-monsoon and post-monsoon period. The area was divided in three strata (upstream, downstream and middle zone), based on environmental features. Stomach contents of all species present were analyzed. From 138 of total stomach analyzed, 24 of them were empty and 114 were with food. From the analysis of prey in the stomachs, various kinds of food items consumed by the different size of fishes included phytoplankton, zooplankton, unidentified materials, fish, fish parts, shrimp, shrimp parts, crab, crab parts, plant parts, mollusk and detritus. Detritus consisted of all types of biogenic materials in various stages of microbial decomposition. Different fishes consume different types of food and feeding habit of fishes varies from season to season. From the percentage of number and occurrence of food resources, zooplankton are important in their own right as a major component of fish diets and are especially important to small and young individuals, even for the detrivore. Nevertheless, it represents an important trophic resource for fish food web of Pahang River-estuary.
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author	Mohamed, Ahmad Azfar Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Abdurahman, Siti Waznah
author_facet	Mohamed, Ahmad Azfar Khan Chowdhury, Ahmed Jalal Abdurahman, Siti Waznah
author_sort	Mohamed, Ahmad Azfar
title	Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia
title_short	Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia
title_full	Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia
title_sort	food partitioning among fishes in pahang river-estuary, malaysia
publisher	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
publishDate	2015
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Food partitioning among fishes in Pahang River-estuary, Malaysia

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