Food and Feeding Habits of Larval Striped Bass: An Analysis of Larval Striped Bass Stomachs from 1976 Potomac Estuary Collections. Potomac River Fisheries Program

摘要

The stomachs of 605 striped bass (Morone saxatilis) larvae collected from the Potomac River Estuary during the spring of 1976 were examined, and food organisms identified to species when possible. Copepods, cladocerans, and rotifers were the most abundant organisms found. Electivity indices indicated positive selection for the larger stages of copepods and cladocerans, and negative selection for copepod nauplii and most rotifer species, regardless of the size or stage of striped bass larvae.