EMERSION BEHAVIOR AND FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE COMMON CHILEAN CLINGFISH SICYASES-SANGUINEUS (PISCES, GOBIESOCIDAE)

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dc.contributor.authorCANCINO, JM
dc.contributor.authorCASTILLA, JC
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-23T19:25:07Z
dc.date.available2025-01-23T19:25:07Z
dc.date.issued1988
dc.description.abstractThe present study is the first to correlate information on emersion behaviour and foraging ecology of Sicyases sanguineus, a common clingfish of the Chilean coast. Individuals smaller than 15 cm in total length were frequently found at the highest points in the inter-tidal zone and consumed inter-tidal animals and seaweeds. Fish larger than 23 cm were infrequently observed emersed in the lower inter-tidal zone, but were collected sub-tidally by divers. These large clingfish ate mainly benthic animals occurring in the low inter-tidal and sub-tidal zones. Size-dependent factors, dessication and wave impact restrict the area of action of S. sanguineus to certain areas of the rock inter-tidal and shallow sub-tidal zone. However, the fish can be locally very abundant, consuming a great diversity of prey items including both direct primary space users and mobile animals able to affect community structure through grazing. We argue, therefore, that S. sanguineus may be important in structuring communities in some areas of the rocky inter-tidal and shallow sub-tidal zones of Central Chile.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.eissn1464-5262
dc.identifier.issn0022-2933
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/99440
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:A1988M338700019
dc.issue.numero1
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final261
dc.pagina.inicio249
dc.revistaJournal of natural history
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.ods14 Life Below Water
dc.subject.ods15 Life on Land
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.subject.odspa14 Vida submarina
dc.subject.odspa15 Vida de ecosistemas terrestres
dc.titleEMERSION BEHAVIOR AND FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE COMMON CHILEAN CLINGFISH SICYASES-SANGUINEUS (PISCES, GOBIESOCIDAE)
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen22
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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