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- Title
Feeding aggregation of Spratelloides delicatulus on giant clams' gametes.
- Authors
Maboloc, E.; Mingoa-Licuanan, S.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the feeding aggregation of blue sprat (spratelloides delicatulus) on gametes of giant clams (tridacna gigas) at Silaqui Island, Bolinao in Pangasinan, Philippines on August 23, 2010. It mentions that 20 giant clams were injected with serotonin, which caused them to release gametes to a school of blue sprat. It mentions that the behavior of blue sprats were impacted as they fed on the sperm of the clams. It notes that clam gametes' serves as a rich food source to fishes.
- Subjects
PANGASINAN (Philippines); PHILIPPINES; FORAGING behavior; SEROTONIN; SPRAT; CLAMS; GAMETES
- Publication
Coral Reefs, 2011, Vol 30, Issue 1, p167
- ISSN
0722-4028
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00338-010-0703-5