While removing fish during reservoir biomanipulation, it was noted that the diet of normally piscivorous 5 to 7 perch was dominated by macrophyte fragments, with fish eggs sub-dominant. To the best of our knowledge, macrophytes have not previously been reported as a food item in perch. Here, we briefly discuss this finding and its significance for perch diet studies.
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1 July 2016
Consumption of plant material by perch (Perca fluviatilis)
Tomáš Zapletal,
Zdeněk Adámek,
Pavel Jurajda,
Kevin Roche,
Lucie Všetičková,
Jan Mareš
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Folia Zoologica
Vol. 65 • No. 2
July 2016
Vol. 65 • No. 2
July 2016
accidental feeding
biomanipulation
diet breadth
dietary preference