Seasonal and depth variations in diet composition and dietary overlap between three native killifish of an emblematic tropical-mountain lake: Lake Titicaca (Bolivia)

Author:

Loayza ErickORCID

Abstract

ABSTRACTLake Titicaca (∼3800 m a.s.l.), an emblematic tropical-mountain ecosystem is the major source of fish for people on the Altiplano. The Andean killifish genus Orestias, represent an important resource for local fisheries in Lake Titicaca. It has been suggested that exist an effect of segregation in the Lake Titicaca in order to avoid competition for food resource between native fish species, due most of Orestias species share the littoral habitat, which is now also share with introduced species. Such scenario increases the pressure for food resource. Here I examined the gut content of O. luteus, O. agassizii and O. mulleri (Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846) from a bay of Lake Titicaca during rainy (April) and dry season (July) with the predominance method, frequency of occurrence and numerical percentage to describe the diet and dietary overlap between these native fish. I also applied a PERMANOVA test in order to determine diet variations related to depth and seasonally, as well as the Levins and Pianka’s index to test diet breadth and dietary overlap respectively. 396 gut contents were evaluated, identifying a high frequency of amphipods and molluscs in the three Orestias native species. Diet breadth revelled a selectivity for a few preys and the composition of the diets was influenced mainly by depth, followed by seasonality (PERMANOVA, P = <0.05). Dietary overlapping between O. luteus and O. agassizii was evidenced in the rainy season. During the dry season, the three species undergone dietary overlapping. This study provided a detail knowledge on the diet variations of native species in Lake Titicaca, especially for Orestias mulleri, a little-known species. Here I also discussed the importance of the amphipods as a food resource in Lake Titicaca not only for fish community, but for the food web in general. The seasonal and depth diet variations here discussed are relevant for fisheries management and conservation and could be used to guide aquaculture development in Lake Titicaca.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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