Oxygen consumption of drift-feeding rainbow trout: the energetic tradeoff between locomotion and feeding in flow.

ABSTRACT: To forage in fast, turbulent flow environments where prey is abundant, fishes must deal with the high associated costs of locomotion. Prevailing theory suggests that many species exploit hydrodynamic refuges to minimize the cost of locomotion while foraging. Here, we challenge this theory based on direct oxygen consumption measurements of drift-feeding trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) foraging in the freestream and from behind a flow refuge at velocities up to 100 cm s-1 We demonstrate that refuging is not energetically beneficial when foraging in fast flows because of a high attack cost and low prey capture success associated with leaving a station-holding refuge to intercept prey. By integrating optimum foraging theory with empirical data from respirometry and video tracking, we developed a m

SUBMITTER: Johansen JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7328162 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature