Comparison between activity estimates obtained using bioenergetic and behavioural analysesContribution of the Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Limnologie (GRIL).
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Comparison of bioenergetic and behavioural techniques for estimating fish activity; domain measurement validation, not a study of research practice.
The primary object is the comparative performance and robustness of two research methods for estimating fish activity.
Compares measurement approaches for fish activity rates to answer an ecological question, not to study research practice.
Abstract
Activity rate of Arctic char ( Salvelinus alpinus ) held in 90 m 2 littoral enclosures were estimated using bioenergetic (with consumption estimated using stable caesium, 133 Cs) and behavioural approaches (with fish movements quantified using video cameras). We found no statistically significant difference between values of activity rate obtained using the two approaches for three of the six experiments we performed. However, there was no relationship between estimates of activity rate obtained using the two approaches. Discrepancies may arise from the difficulty to meet assumptions regarding the temporal stability of the concentration of 133 Cs in fish diet and of the assimilation coefficient of this tracer. When fish remain in an area where their behaviour can be well described (e.g., enclosure, habitat patches of littoral zones, coral reefs), the behavioural approach appears more robust to estimate activity rate because it depends most on a variable that is easiest to estimate (the number of movements performed). When these conditions are not met (low fish densities or major fish migrations), a reliable assessment of the concentration and assimilation of 133 Cs in stomach contents appears critical to implement the bioenergetic approach based on this tracer.
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- Venue
- Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
- Topic
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Field
- Environmental Science
- Canadian institutions
- Université de MontréalUniversité du Québec à Montréal
- Funders
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- Keywords
- SalvelinusLittoral zoneEnvironmental scienceEcologyCalidrisBioenergeticsFish <Actinopterygii>FisheryHabitatBiologyTrout
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