Partitioning of food resources among three sympatric scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes) in coastal waters of the northern Yellow Sea

• Published in: Hydrobiologia Vol. 826; no. 1; pp. 331 - 351
• Main Authors: Wu, Zhongxin, Zhang, Xiumei, Dromard, Charlotte R., Tweedley, James R., Loneragan, Neil R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019; Springer Nature B.V; Springer
• Subjects: Algae; Animal biology; Aquatic crustaceans; Artificial reefs; Bayesian analysis; Biodiversity and Ecology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Carnivorous animals; Coastal waters; Coexistence; Composition; Crustaceans; Ecology; Ecology, environment; Ecosystems; Environmental Sciences; Fish; Food; Food resources; Food sources; Freshwater & Marine Ecology; Hexagrammos agrammus; Hexagrammos otakii; Life Sciences; Marine fishes; Mathematical models; Offshore; Offshore structures; Partitioning; Predators; Prey; Primary Research Paper; Probability theory; Resource partitioning; Seaweeds; Sebastes schlegelii; Species; Stability; Stable isotopes; Stomach; Stomach content; Sympatric populations; Vertebrate Zoology; Zoology; INW, Huanghai Sea; Competition; Stomach content analyses; Artificial reef; Stable isotope analyses; artificial reef; Hexagrammos; competition; Sebastes; stomach contents analyses; stable isotope analyses

The partitioning of food resources among three abundant co-occurring reef-associated scorpionfish, Hexagrammos agrammus , Hexagrammos otakii and Sebastes schlegelii , was determined on an artificial reef zone in nearshore and offshore coastal waters of northern China, using stomach content and stabl...