<b>Feeding habits of <em>Sotalia fluviatilis</em> in the Amazonian Estuary</b>- DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.173

  • Sandra Beltrán Pedreros UNILASALLE
  • Tatyanna Mariucha de Araújo Pantoja UNILASALLE

Abstract

In this paper we present an analysis of the fifty S. fluviatilis feeding habits in the Amazonian Estuary. Animals were bycaught by the artisanal fishing fleet between 1996 and 2001. Feeding habits were analyzed by prey occurrence frequency (%F) and number percentage and stomachs contents preys similarity between marine and freshwater fish species present in the Amazonian Estuary. Thirteen fish species were identified (%F= 86.6), the most significant families were Sciaenidae (32%), Trichiuridae (26%) e Ariidae (16%), and four crustaceans species (%F=26). S. fluviatilis feeding habits did not differ by gender and in general, calves had higher prey diversity than juveniles and adults. The similarity was high (0.89) between estuarine S. fluviatilis feeding habits and the fishes species present in the Amazonian Estuary when the environment is mostly marine.

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Author Biography

Sandra Beltrán Pedreros, UNILASALLE
Graduada em Biologia Marinha pela Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano (1990), com mestrado em Ciências Biológicas na área de concentração de Biologia de Água Doce e Pesca Interior pelo Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (1998). Atualmente é professor da UNILASALLE e pesquisador do Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia. Tem experiência na área de Ecologia, com ênfase em Biologia Pesqueira e dinâmica populacional de peixes e mamíferos aquáticos; assim como em estudos de etnoecologia, etnobiologia, interação golfinhos-pescarias, manejo e conservação de mamíferos aquáticos. Currículo Lattes
Published
2006-11-16
How to Cite
Pedreros, S. B., & Pantoja, T. M. de A. (2006). <b>Feeding habits of <em>Sotalia fluviatilis</em> in the Amazonian Estuary</b&gt;- DOI: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.173. Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences, 28(4), 389-393. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascibiolsci.v28i4.173
Section
Ecology and Limnology

 

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