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Annual variation of potential predation impacts on larval and juvenile marbled sole Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae by sand shrimp Crangon uritai in Hakodate Bay, Hokkaido

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An investigation was conducted to evaluate the annual variation in potential predation impact (PPI) on larval and juvenile Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae by Crangon uritai in Hakodate Bay using predator-prey size relationships. Laboratory experiments were designed to estimate the favorable prey size of C. uritai through back-calculation of body length (BL) of P. yokohamae from sagittal otolith diameter observed in the stomachs of C. uritai. The most favorable prey-predator size ratio (BL of P. yokohamae-total length (TL) of C. uritai) class was 0.15–0.19, and ranged from 0.12–0.31. There was a significant positive correlation between the BL increase of P. yokohamae and the bottom water temperature in the field, such that BLs stagnated during the cold year of 1999 from April to June, and increased during the warm year of 2002. In contrast, no significant correlation was found between the TL increase of C. uritai and the bottom water temperature. Moreover, there were no significant differences in the mean TL of C. uritai between months (April–June) or years (1998–2002). Variation of PPI depended on the relationships between the growth rates of P. yokohamae and bottom water temperature. Therefore, the warm year of 2002 resulted in higher potential predation impact (PPI≥20), and it was at least 20 days shorter than that of the cold year of 1999. These results suggest that increased bottom water temperature in the nursery area was one of the most important factors for cumulative predation loss.

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    Mitsuhiro Nakaya

  2. Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, 041-8611, Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan

    Tetsuya Takatsu & Toyomi Takahashi

  3. Hokkaido Abashiri Fisheries Experimental Station, 099-9339, Abashiri, Hokkaido, Japan

    Mikimasa Joh

  4. Hachinohe Branch, Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, 031-0841, Hachinohe, Aomori, Japan

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Nakaya, M., Takatsu, T., Joh, M. et al. Annual variation of potential predation impacts on larval and juvenile marbled sole Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae by sand shrimp Crangon uritai in Hakodate Bay, Hokkaido. Fish Sci 73, 112–122 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1444-2906.2007.01309.x

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