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Title: What’s on the Menu for the Resident Brown Trout in a Rich Limestone Stream?
Authors: Čanak Atlagić, Jelena
Marić, Ana 
Tubić, Bojana
Andjus, Stefan
Đuknić, Jelena
Marković, Vanja
Paunović, Momir
Simonović, Predrag 
Keywords: Brown trout diet;Feeding ecology;Diet diversity;Selectivity;Ontogenetic shift
Issue Date: 2021
Rank: M22
Project: 451-03-9/2021-14/200007
451-03-9/2021-14/200178
Journal: Water
Abstract: 
Examination of brown trout seasonal diet variation and investigation of terrestrial prey importance in a food-rich stream using four indices of prey importance (number and weight abundance, frequency of occurrence, index of relative importance) revealed that aquatic prey constituted the major part of the diet (>90%) throughout the examined period. Despite Gammaridae being the most abundant in the environment, other less abundant organisms appeared to be important prey, including terrestrial organisms, with maximum consumption in September. The electivity index showed a positive selection of rare prey types; Tokeshi’s model revealed a specialist strategy for most of the population, except for those of 1+ age, who were inclining to generalist strategy. Diet diversity increased throughout April to October, and ages 1+ and 2+ exhibited a more diverse diet than older ages. Diet overlap between age classes was considerable, with less overlap observed in the later season. This pattern of differentiation in the diet of brown trout age classes and their feeding plasticity over seasonal scales, as observed in this food-rich stream, provides a starting point for further examination of this topic in streams with similar or different food richness and availability
URI: https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4235
ISSN: 2073-4441
DOI: 10.3390/w13182492
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