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Feeding rhythms of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps at the brackish tidal marsh 'Het verdronken land van Saeftinge' in 1994
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Bulayi M.E.; Mees J.; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME). VUB; Marine Biology Section, Zoology Institute. Ugent: Belgium; (2016): Feeding rhythms of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps at the brackish tidal marsh 'Het verdronken land van Saeftinge' in 1994. https://doi.org/10.14284/228
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Description
Catch data and numerical and gravimetrical analysis of stomach contents of Pomatoschistus microps sampled on 16, 17 and 19 August 1994 at 'Het verdronken land van Saeftinge'. The data were digitized by VLIZ from the original report: Bulayi, M.E. (1997). Diurnal and semi lunar feeding rhythms of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps in the brackish tidal marsh 'Het verdronken land van Saeftinge [sic]' (Westerschelde, SW Netherlands). MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 38 pp. more

The influence of tidal, neap, spring and day night cycles on the feeding behaviour of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps was investigated in a creek of a salt marsh in the brackish zone of the Westerschelde estuary. Effects of tidal cycles were assessed using samples taken on 16, 17 and 19 August 1994. A stow net was used for collecting the samples. Sampling was conducted over several tidal phases. On each occasion sampling started when water began to flood the creek. After slack water the net was turned around to sample the ebb current. The net was hauled every one hour. It was observed that most of Pomatoschistus microps entered the creek during the first hour of the tidal cycle and left the creek during the last two hours of ebb. Feeding activity was highly influenced by tidal stimuli (tidal cycle and neap-spring tides). There was no significant difference between the feeding activity of fish caught during day time and at night and neap and spring tides had an influence on the feeding pattern of fish. The amphipod Corophium volutator was the most important prey. This amphipod had a high contribution to the diet both in terms of numbers and biomass. The mysid Mesopodopsis slabberi was also important. Neomysis integer, Nereis diversicolor and Crangon crangon were taken infrequently but due to their high biomass, contributed significantly to the total diet. Calanoid copepods were eaten very frequently but were unimportant in terms of biomass.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Fish
Keywords:
Brackish water, Diurnal rhythms, Feeding behaviour, Fish, Salt marshes, Stomach contents, Tidal cycles, ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Saeftinge, ANE, Scheldt Estuary, EurOBIS calculated BBOX, Calanoida, Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766), Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758), Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861), Nematoda, Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814), Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776, Oligochaeta, Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864), Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838), Schistomysis kervillei (G.O. Sars, 1885), Spionidae Grube, 1850

Geographical coverage
ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde, Saeftinge
ANE, Scheldt Estuary [Marine Regions]
EurOBIS calculated BBOX Stations
Bounding Box
Coordinates: MinLong: 4,2095; MinLat: 51,3665 - MaxLong: 4,2095; MaxLat: 51,3665 [WGS84]

Temporal coverage
16 August 1994 - 19 August 1994

Taxonomic coverage
Calanoida [WoRMS]
Corophium volutator (Pallas, 1766) [WoRMS]
Crangon crangon (Linnaeus, 1758) [WoRMS]
Mesopodopsis slabberi (Van Beneden, 1861) [WoRMS]
Nematoda [WoRMS]
Neomysis integer (Leach, 1814) [WoRMS]
Nereis diversicolor Müller, 1776 [WoRMS]
Oligochaeta [WoRMS]
Paragnathia formica (Hesse, 1864) [WoRMS]
Pomatoschistus microps (Krøyer, 1838) [WoRMS]
Schistomysis kervillei (G.O. Sars, 1885) [WoRMS]
Spionidae Grube, 1850 [WoRMS]

Parameters
Biomass prey items in stomach
Count (in assayed sample) of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Count of fish
Diet composition of fish
Fish standard length
Length of biological entity specified elsewhere [BODC]
Presence/absence of biota
Size of sample collector (mesh) {mesh size} [BODC]

Contributors
Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), moredata manager
Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Vakgroep Biologie; Onderzoeksgroep Mariene Biologie (MARBIOL), moredata creatordata creator
Mees, Jan
Cattrijsse, André
Vrije Universiteit Brussel; Fundamental and Applied Marine Ecology Post Graduate Program (FAME)data creator
Bulayi, Magese Emmanuel

Related datasets
Parent dataset:
Salt marsh creeks in the brackish part of the Westerschelde estuary as habitat for fishes and macrocrustaceans
Published in:
EurOBIS: European Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Bulayi, M.E. (1997). Diurnal and semi lunar feeding rhythms of the common goby Pomatoschistus microps in the brackish tidal marsh 'Het verdronken land van Saeftinge [sic]' (Westerschelde, SW Netherlands). MSc Thesis. RUG: Gent. 38 pp.
Cattrijsse, A. (1994). Schorkreken in het brakke deel van het Westerschelde estuarium als habitat voor vissen en macrocrustacea. PhD Thesis. Universiteit Gent, Vakgroep morfologie, systematiek en ecologie: Gent. V, 123 pp.

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Research: field survey
Metadatarecord created: 2014-05-20
Information last updated: 2016-10-06
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