STOMACH CONTENTS ANALYSIS of WHITE MARLIN (TETRAPTURUS ALBIDUS) CAUGHT OFF SOUTHERN and SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL: A BAYESIAN ANALYSIS.


Autoria(s): Gorni, G.R.; Loibel, S.; Goitein, R.; Amorim, A.F.
Contribuinte(s)

Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)

Data(s)

20/05/2014

20/05/2014

01/01/2011

Resumo

This study proposes to ascertain the importance of each alimentary category in the Tetrapturus albidus diet composition, as well as to propose the use of the Bayesian approach for analysis of these data. The stomachs were collected during fishing cruises carried out by the Santos-SP longliner from July 2007 to June 2008. For Bayesian model formulation, each alimentary item was clustered in four food categories as: teleost, cephalopod, crustaceans, and others. To estimate the proportion of each food category, the multinomial model with Dirichlet conjugate prior distribution was used. After the stomach contents analysis, 133 food items were identified, which belonged to 9 taxa. The most important food category is constituted by cephalopod molluscs, followed by teleost fishes. The food category comprised of crustaceans presents a low contribution and in this case it could be considered to be an accidental food item. The Bayesian approach means a distinct view in relation to traditional methods, as it permits one to incorporate information obtained from the literature. It should be useful to analyse great top predators, which are usually caught in small numbers.

Formato

1779-1786

Identificador

http://www.iccat.es/Documents/CVSP/CV066_2011/no_4/CV066041779.pdf

International Commission For The Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Collective Volume of Scientific Papers. , v. 66, p. 1779-1786, 2011.

1021-5212

http://hdl.handle.net/11449/41875

ZOOREC:ZOOR14711078172

Idioma(s)

eng

Relação

International Commission For The Conservation of Atlantic Tunas Collective Volume of Scientific Papers

Direitos

closedAccess

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article