Feeding of the planktonic shrimp Lucifer faroni Borradaile, 1915 (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the laboratory

Vega-Pérez, Luz Amelia; Ara, Koichi; Liang, Tsui Hua; Pedreira, Marcelo Mattos

doi:10.1590/S1413-77391996000100001

Abstracts

Feeding behavior of juveniles of the planktonic shrimp Lucifer faxoni Borradaile was studied in the laboratory under light and dark conditions. Newly-hatched nauplii and metanauplii of Artemio were used as prey organisms. The fecding raie of L. foxoni was dependent on prey size and prey density, but was not obviously affected by light or dark conditions. The capture of the prey tended to increase with longer exposure time to prey. The maximum ingestion rate was 17.28 and 13.40 nauplii.L. faxoni .d- , in the light and in the dark conditions, respectively.

Feeding behavior; Predation rate; Marine carnivory; Lucifer faxoni; Zooplankton

O comportamento alimentar de espécimens jovens de Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, em laboratório, sob condições de luz e escuro, foi estudado utilizando-se como alimento náuplios recém-eclodidos e metanáuplios de Artemio. Neste estudo a taxa de alimentação de L. faxoni foi influenciada pelo tamanho e concentração da presa, bem como pelo tempo de contato com a mesma. A atividade alimentar de L. faxoni foi maior em condições de luz, quando comparado com as condições de escuro. f- taxa máxima de ingestão calculada foi de 17,28 e 13,40 náuplios.L. faxoni .d- para as condições de luz e escuro, respectivamente.

Comportamento alimentar; Taxa de predação; Carnivoria; Lucifer faxoni; Zooplâncton marinho

RESEARCH ARTICLES

Feeding of the planktonic shrimp Lucifer faroni Borradaile, 1915 (Crustacea: Decapoda) in the laboratory

Luz Amelia Vega-Pérez; Koichi Ara; Tsui Hua Liang; Marcelo Mattos Pedreira

Instituto Oceanográfico da Universidade de São Paulo (Caixa Postal 66149, 05389-970 São Paulo, SP, Brasil)

ABSTRACT

Feeding behavior of juveniles of the planktonic shrimp Lucifer faxoni Borradaile was studied in the laboratory under light and dark conditions. Newly-hatched nauplii and metanauplii of Artemio were used as prey organisms. The fecding raie of L. foxoni was dependent on prey size and prey density, but was not obviously affected by light or dark conditions. The capture of the prey tended to increase with longer exposure time to prey. The maximum ingestion rate was 17.28 and 13.40 nauplii.L. faxoni .d- , in the light and in the dark conditions, respectively.

Descriptors: Feeding behavior, Predation rate, Marine carnivory, Lucifer faxoni, Zooplankton.

RESUMO

O comportamento alimentar de espécimens jovens de Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, em laboratório, sob condições de luz e escuro, foi estudado utilizando-se como alimento náuplios recém-eclodidos e metanáuplios de Artemio. Neste estudo a taxa de alimentação de L. faxoni foi influenciada pelo tamanho e concentração da presa, bem como pelo tempo de contato com a mesma. A atividade alimentar de L. faxoni foi maior em condições de luz, quando comparado com as condições de escuro. f- taxa máxima de ingestão calculada foi de 17,28 e 13,40 náuplios.L. faxoni .d- para as condições de luz e escuro, respectivamente.

Descritores: Comportamento alimentar, Taxa de predação, Carnivoria, Lucifer faxoni, Zooplâncton marinho.

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Acknowledgments

We are grateful to Dr Jefferson T. Turner (University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth) and two anonymous reviewers for their critical comments on the manuscript. We would also thank Dr Y. Matsuura (Instituto Oceanográfico - USP) for his help in the analysis of nonlinear parameter estimation and M.Sc. N. Chung for the English review. This research was supported by Brazilian government through CNPq and CAPES.

(Manuscript received 17 August 1995; revised 19 January 1996; accepted 14 June 1996)

Andrews, J. C. 1983. Deformation of the active space in the low Reynolds number feeding current of calanoid copepods. Cano J. Fish. aquat. Sci., 40:1293-1302.
Bãmstedt, U. 1988. Ecological significance of individual variability in copepod bioenergetics. Hydrobiologia, 167/168:43- 59.
Barth, P. 1963. Estudos sobre Lucifer reynaudi como indicador de águas tropicais. Notas Tecn. Inst. Pesq. Mar., Rio de Janeiro, 12:1-16.
Bowman, T. E. & McCain,J. C.1967. Distribution ofthe planktonic shrimp Lucifer in the western North Atlantic. Bull. mar. Sei., 17:660-671.
Chow-Fraser, P. 1986. Effect of collection and acclimation period on grazing rates of limnetic zooplankton. Hydrobiologia, 137:203- 210.
Gasalla, M. A. 1995. Organização trófica da ictiofauna do Saco de Mamanguá, Parati, Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico. 145p.
Gibson, R N.; Yin, M. C. & Robb, L. 1995. The behavioural basis of predator-prey size relationship between shrimp (Crangon crangon) and juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 75:337-349.
Harper J r, D. E. 1968. Distribution of Lucifer faxoni (Crustacea: Decapoda: Sergestidae) in neritic waters off the Texas coast, with a note on the occurrence of Lucifertypus. Contr. mar. Sci. Univ. Tex., 13:1-16.
Hopkins, T. L. 1966. The plankton of the St. Andrew Bay system, Florida. Publs Inst. Mar. Sci. Univ. Tex., 11:12-64.
Hopkins, T. L.; Lancraft, T. M.; Torres,J. J. & Donnelly, J. 1993. Community structure and trophic ecology of zooplankton in the Scotia Sea marginal ice zone in winter (1988). Deep-Sea Res., 40:81-105.
Jimenez-Alvarez, M. P. 1976. Distribuição vertical e estágios de desenvolvimento de Lucifer faxoni Borradaile (Crustacea) ao largo de Santos. Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociêneias. 54p.
Lampitt, R. S. & Gamble, J. C.1982. Diet and respiration of the small planktonic marine copepod Oithona nana. Mar. Biol., 66:185-190.
Landry, M. R 1978. Predatory feeding behavior of a marine copepod, Labidocera trispinosa. Limnol. Oceanogr., 23:1103-1113.
Lee, W. Y.; Omori, M. & Pecle, R W. 1992. Growth, reproduction and feeding behavior of the planktonic sbrimp, Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, off Texas coast. J. Plankt. Res., 14:61-69.
López, M. T. 1966. Biologia de Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915, en Cananéia, Brasil (Crustacea, Decapoda, Luciferidae). Bolm Inst. oceanogr., S Paulo, 15:47-54.
Obman, M. D.1988. Behavioral responses of zooplankton to predation. Bull. mar. Sci., 43:530-550.
Omori, M. 1977. Distribution of warm water epiplanktonic shrimps of the genera Lucifer and Acetes (Macrura, Penaeidea, Sergestidae). In: PROC. SYMP. WARM WATER ZOOPLANCKTON. Unesco/NIO, 1977. p. 1-12.
Oresland, V. & Ward, T.1993. Summer and Winter diet of four carnivorous copepod spceies around South Georgia. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 98:73-78.
Parsons, T. R.; Lebrasseur, RJ.; Fulton, J. D. & Kennedy, O. D. 1969. Production studies in the strait of Georgia. Part 11. Secondary production under the Fraser River plume, February to May, 1967. J. expl mar. Biol. Ecol., 3:39-50.
Reeve, M. R; Syms, M. A. & Kremer, P. 1989. Growth dynamics of a ctenophore (Mnemiopsis) in relation to variable food supply. I. Carbon biomass, feeding, egg production, growth and assimilation efficiency. J. Plankt. Res., 11:535-552.
Sokal, R R & RohIf, F. J.1981. Biometry. San Franeisco, W. H. Freeman & Co. 859p.
Valiela, I. 1984. Marine Ecological Processo New York, Springer-Verlag. 546 p.
Vega-Pérez, L. A. 1993. Estudo do zooplâncton da região de Ubatuba, Estado de São Paulo. Publção esp. Inst. oceanogr., S Paulo, 10:65-84.
Vega-Pérez, L. A. 1996. Estudo do zooplâncton da plataforma interna da região de São Sebastião. In: Oceanografia da Plataforma Interna da Região de São Sebastião. Relatório F APESP nş3. 664p.
Wakabara, Y.; FIynn, M. N. & Tararam, A. S. 1996. Consumption and selection of superbenthic crustaceans by small-sized fishes in a lower salt marsh system. Rev. bras. oceanogr. (Submitted).
Wassenberg, T. J. & HiII, B. J. 1993. Diet and feeding behavior of juvenile and adult banana prawns Penaeus merglliensis in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 94:287-295.
W oodmansee, R. A. 1966a. Daily vertical migration of Lucifer (Decapoda, Sergestidae). Egg development, oviposition and hatching. Int. Revue ges. Hydrobiol., 51:689-698.
Woodmansee, R.A. 1966b. Daily vertical migration.of Lucifer planktonic numbers in relation to solar and tidal cycles. Ecology, 47(5):847-850.
Yen, J. 1983. Effects of prey conceotration, prey size, predator life stage, predator starvation, and season, and predation rates of the carnivorous copepod Ellchaeta elongata. Mar. Biol., 75:69-77.

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1996

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Accepted
14 June 1996
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[2] Bãmstedt, U. 1988. Ecological significance of individual variability in copepod bioenergetics. Hydrobiologia, 167/168:43- 59.

[3] Barth, P. 1963. Estudos sobre Lucifer reynaudi como indicador de águas tropicais. Notas Tecn. Inst. Pesq. Mar., Rio de Janeiro, 12:1-16.

[4] Bowman, T. E. & McCain,J. C.1967. Distribution ofthe planktonic shrimp Lucifer in the western North Atlantic. Bull. mar. Sei., 17:660-671.

[5] Chow-Fraser, P. 1986. Effect of collection and acclimation period on grazing rates of limnetic zooplankton. Hydrobiologia, 137:203- 210.

[6] Gasalla, M. A. 1995. Organização trófica da ictiofauna do Saco de Mamanguá, Parati, Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico. 145p.

[7] Gibson, R N.; Yin, M. C. & Robb, L. 1995. The behavioural basis of predator-prey size relationship between shrimp (Crangon crangon) and juvenile plaice (Pleuronectes platessa). J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K., 75:337-349.

[8] Harper J r, D. E. 1968. Distribution of Lucifer faxoni (Crustacea: Decapoda: Sergestidae) in neritic waters off the Texas coast, with a note on the occurrence of Lucifertypus. Contr. mar. Sci. Univ. Tex., 13:1-16.

[9] Hopkins, T. L. 1966. The plankton of the St. Andrew Bay system, Florida. Publs Inst. Mar. Sci. Univ. Tex., 11:12-64.

[10] Hopkins, T. L.; Lancraft, T. M.; Torres,J. J. & Donnelly, J. 1993. Community structure and trophic ecology of zooplankton in the Scotia Sea marginal ice zone in winter (1988). Deep-Sea Res., 40:81-105.

[11] Jimenez-Alvarez, M. P. 1976. Distribuição vertical e estágios de desenvolvimento de Lucifer faxoni Borradaile (Crustacea) ao largo de Santos. Dissertação de Mestrado. Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto de Biociêneias. 54p.

[12] Lampitt, R. S. & Gamble, J. C.1982. Diet and respiration of the small planktonic marine copepod Oithona nana. Mar. Biol., 66:185-190.

[13] Landry, M. R 1978. Predatory feeding behavior of a marine copepod, Labidocera trispinosa. Limnol. Oceanogr., 23:1103-1113.

[14] Lee, W. Y.; Omori, M. & Pecle, R W. 1992. Growth, reproduction and feeding behavior of the planktonic sbrimp, Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, off Texas coast. J. Plankt. Res., 14:61-69.

[15] López, M. T. 1966. Biologia de Lucifer faxoni Borradaile, 1915, en Cananéia, Brasil (Crustacea, Decapoda, Luciferidae). Bolm Inst. oceanogr., S Paulo, 15:47-54.

[16] Obman, M. D.1988. Behavioral responses of zooplankton to predation. Bull. mar. Sci., 43:530-550.

[17] Omori, M. 1977. Distribution of warm water epiplanktonic shrimps of the genera Lucifer and Acetes (Macrura, Penaeidea, Sergestidae). In: PROC. SYMP. WARM WATER ZOOPLANCKTON. Unesco/NIO, 1977. p. 1-12.

[18] Oresland, V. & Ward, T.1993. Summer and Winter diet of four carnivorous copepod spceies around South Georgia. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 98:73-78.

[19] Parsons, T. R.; Lebrasseur, RJ.; Fulton, J. D. & Kennedy, O. D. 1969. Production studies in the strait of Georgia. Part 11. Secondary production under the Fraser River plume, February to May, 1967. J. expl mar. Biol. Ecol., 3:39-50.

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[21] Sokal, R R & RohIf, F. J.1981. Biometry. San Franeisco, W. H. Freeman & Co. 859p.

[22] Valiela, I. 1984. Marine Ecological Processo New York, Springer-Verlag. 546 p.

[23] Vega-Pérez, L. A. 1993. Estudo do zooplâncton da região de Ubatuba, Estado de São Paulo. Publção esp. Inst. oceanogr., S Paulo, 10:65-84.

[24] Vega-Pérez, L. A. 1996. Estudo do zooplâncton da plataforma interna da região de São Sebastião. In: Oceanografia da Plataforma Interna da Região de São Sebastião. Relatório F APESP nş3. 664p.

[25] Wakabara, Y.; FIynn, M. N. & Tararam, A. S. 1996. Consumption and selection of superbenthic crustaceans by small-sized fishes in a lower salt marsh system. Rev. bras. oceanogr. (Submitted).

[26] Wassenberg, T. J. & HiII, B. J. 1993. Diet and feeding behavior of juvenile and adult banana prawns Penaeus merglliensis in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Mar. Ecol.-Prog. Ser., 94:287-295.

[27] W oodmansee, R. A. 1966a. Daily vertical migration of Lucifer (Decapoda, Sergestidae). Egg development, oviposition and hatching. Int. Revue ges. Hydrobiol., 51:689-698.

[28] Woodmansee, R.A. 1966b. Daily vertical migration.of Lucifer planktonic numbers in relation to solar and tidal cycles. Ecology, 47(5):847-850.

[29] Yen, J. 1983. Effects of prey conceotration, prey size, predator life stage, predator starvation, and season, and predation rates of the carnivorous copepod Ellchaeta elongata. Mar. Biol., 75:69-77.