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Inter‐population differences in feeding ecology under nitrogen‐limited diets: Field growth and the role of cannibalism in limiting/improving reserve accumulation
Marine Ecology ( IF 1.5 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-31 , DOI: 10.1111/maec.12547
Claudia Bas 1 , Jesús Nuñez 1 , Eduardo Spivak 1 , Tomás Luppi 1
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Growth is determined by an organism's physiology, physical environment, and biological conditions, including food availability and any intra‐ and inter‐specific interactions that can affect feeding activity. To analyse how all these factors interact to produce final growth in the herbivorous/detritivorous crab Neohelice granulata, we performed field and laboratory experiments with juveniles and adults from three populations which differed genetically as well as in their physical environment and the organic matter (OM) content in the soil that serves as food. We evaluated (a) growth in the field: Juveniles of the three populations were cross‐transplanted in exclusion cages; (b) effect of the presence of adults on juvenile feeding: We measured the feeding activity of small juveniles in presence/absence of an adult male as potential predator in the field; and (c) effect of diet on cannibalism: We analysed the cannibalistic behavior of adult males from two of the populations in the laboratory after they had received protein‐rich (24%) and protein‐poor (3%) diets. In experiment (a), final size was similar for the crabs from all three origins but growth differed between sites. Experiment (b) showed that the presence of adults interfered with feeding activity at the two sites with lower weight indicators. In experiment (c), we observed that low protein diet increased the cannibalistic behavior of adult males, and this effect was more intense in crabs from the poorest food site. Our results contribute to understanding the set of factors and interactions involved in the response of individuals to the prevailing conditions in natural environments in order to maintain a growth rate, perhaps at the expense of different reserve accumulation. They also enable discussion of the limitations of approaches used in laboratory experiments.

中文翻译:

氮限制饮食下种群生态的种群间差异:田间生长和食人性在限制/改善储备积累中的作用

生长取决于生物体的生理,物理环境和生物学条件,包括食物的可获得性以及可能影响进食活动的种内和种间相互作用。分析所有这些因素如何相互作用以在草食性/有害性蟹新鳞片颗粒中产生最终生长,我们对来自三个种群的少年和成年人进行了现场和实验室实验,这三个种群的基因以及在其自然环境和用作食物的土壤中的有机物(OM)含量方面都存在差异。我们评估了(a)田间生长情况:将这三个种群中的青少年跨入隔离笼中;(b)成年人的存在对幼年摄食的影响:我们测量了有或没有成年雄性作为田间潜在掠食者的情况下,小型幼体的摄食活动;(c)饮食对食人行为的影响:我们分析了实验室中两个人群中成年男性的饮食行为,这些成年男性接受了富含蛋白质(24%)和缺乏蛋白质(3%)的饮食。在实验(a)中,来自所有三个起源的螃蟹的最终大小均相似,但不同地点的生长不同。实验(b)表明,体重指标较低的两个地方都有成年动物的进食活动。在实验(c)中,我们观察到低蛋白饮食会增加成年雄性的食人行为,而在最贫困食物源地的螃蟹中,这种影响更为强烈。我们的结果有助于理解个体对自然环境中的主要条件做出反应所涉及的一系列因素和相互作用,以维持增长率,也许是以不同的储备积累为代价的。他们还可以讨论实验室实验中使用的方法的局限性。我们观察到低蛋白饮食会增加成年雄性的食人行为,而在最贫穷的食物产地的螃蟹中,这种影响更为强烈。我们的结果有助于理解个体对自然环境中的主要条件做出反应所涉及的一系列因素和相互作用,以维持增长率,也许是以不同的储备积累为代价的。他们还可以讨论实验室实验中使用的方法的局限性。我们观察到,低蛋白饮食会增加成年雄性的食人行为,而在最贫困食物源地的螃蟹中,这种影响更为强烈。我们的结果有助于理解个体对自然环境中的主要条件做出反应所涉及的一系列因素和相互作用,以维持增长率,也许是以不同的储备积累为代价的。他们还可以讨论实验室实验中使用的方法的局限性。也许是以不同的储备积累为代价的。他们还可以讨论实验室实验中使用的方法的局限性。也许是以不同的储备积累为代价的。他们还可以讨论实验室实验中使用的方法的局限性。
更新日期:2019-05-31
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