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Field and Laboratory Observations on Predation and Prey Selectivity of the Scyphomedusa Chrysaora cf. caliparea in Southeast Indian Waters.pdf

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Field and Laboratory Observations on Predation and Prey Selectivity of the Scyphomedusa Chrysaora cf. caliparea in Southeast Indian Waters.pdf

J．OceanUniv．China OceanicandCoastalSeaResearch D0I1O．1007／sl1802—011—1700—1 ISSN 1672—5182，201110 1 ：47—54 http：／／www,ouc．educn／xb ，wb／ E—mail．xbywb o,e．eduCH FieldandLabora bservationsonPredationand _r 0 o GovindanKanagar~ ， ’．PazhaniyappanEzhilarasan ，PitchaiSampathkumar ， Andr6C．M orandini ．andVelayudhanpillaiSivakumar 1 SoutheasternInstituteofMarineBiology，ThomasNagar，Kovilpatti628502，TamilNadu，India 2 DepartmentofZooloyg， 0ChidambaramCollege，628008，Tuticorin，TamilNadu，India 3 CentreofAdvanced“ inMapineBioloyg，Parangipettai，608502，Tamil№ ，hMia 41DepartamentodeZoologia，InstitutodeBiocidncias，UniversidadedeSgtoPaulo，05508—090，SaoPaulo，Brazil ReceivedJune29，2009；revisedMarch4，201O；acceptedJune3，2010 @ OceanUniversityofChinaandSpringer—VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2010 Abstract Chrysaorac caliparea，oneofthemostabundantmedusaespeciesin India，seemstobean importantpredatorInthe coasta1watersofBayofBenga1．TheabilityofChrysaoracfcalipareatofeedatmaximumrateinhighpreycoflcentratlonsimplies thatthis ellyfishcanefncientlyexploitdensepreypatchesatleastforashortperiod．Thisstudypresentspreliminary1nformation regardingdigestionandfeedingrateuponcopepodsinawarm waterenvironment．Theingestionrateoftheaverage—sizedmedusae Chrysaoracfcalipareaiswel1balancedinnature，whichinturn impliesthatthisjellyfishisutnedofroptimalutilizationofavailable preyresources．ComparisonwithearlierresearchindicatesthatpreyescapespeedisoneimportantfactorgovemlngwhichpreywilJ becaptured．A fullunderstandingofpredationmechanicsawaitsfurtherinvestigationofbothpredatorandpreybehavior．However， becauseofthescarcityoflong—term quantitativepopulationdatamostinsightshavetobemadeindirectly．Nevertheless．1ow abun— danceofChrvsaoracf．calipareainthewatercolumnduringsummerfMay2007 andtheoverallannualabundanceseemnottocon— siderablyaffectthezooplanktonpopulation，especiallycopepods．Thepresentworkcontributestotheknowledgeofprey—predator relationshipoftheforgottenfaunainIndianwaters．whichisespeciallycrucia1ofrunderstan