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  • 1
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    VERTEBRATE HERBIVORES IN MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTS: A Nutritional Ecology Perspective (1998)
    Palo Alto, Calif. : Annual Reviews
    Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 29 (1998), S. 375-403 
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    ISSN: 0066-4162
    Source: Annual Reviews Electronic Back Volume Collection 1932-2001ff
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The study of digestive physiology provides a framework for analyzing food resources, feeding patterns, and evolutionary trends in vertebrate herbivores. Most of the research in this field, nutritional ecology, has been focused on terrestrial herbivores, especially mammals. By integrating physiological, demographic, and evolutionary approaches, the study of terrestrial herbivores has generated several important hypotheses, notably on factors determining body mass. Marine vertebrate herbivores are abundant and locally diverse, but with the exception of reptiles and mammals, we lack information on digestive physiology and processing of plant foods, the key element in terrestrial studies. This review provides a foundation for a nutritional ecology of marine vertebrate herbivores, especially teleost fish, by summarizing the available information on their digestive physiology and identifying research priorities in the field.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.29.1.375
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    Diet and endogenous carbohydrases in the temperate marine herbivorous fish Kyphosus sydneyanus (2002)
    Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
    Journal of fish biology 60 (2002), S. 0 
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    ISSN: 1095-8649
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Stomach content analysis showed that Kyphosus sydneyanus collected by spearing from coastal reefs near Leigh, north-east New Zealand, is herbivorous throughout its post-settlement life. All size classes collected consumed a wide range of macroalgae, predominantly the phaeophytes Carpophyllum maschalocarpum and Ecklonia radiata, and the rhodophytes Gigartina macrocarpa and Caulacanthus ustulatus. Multivariate analysis of variance and discriminant function analysis showed an ontogenetic diet shift, with gut contents dominated by rhodophytes and chlorophytes in juveniles and by phaeophytes in adults. No significant seasonal variation in diet was apparent for any size class. Amylase and amylopectinase activity was highest in the smaller size classes. Laminarinase activity was relatively low throughout all size classes, and did not correlate with the ontogenetic increase in phaeophyte consumption. The activity of endogenous enzymes hydrolysing starch broadly correlated with rhodophyte consumption in adult specimens of three other species of marine herbivorous fishes: Odax pullus, Girella tricuspidata and Parma alboscapularis; laminarin hydrolysis, however, was negatively correlated with phaeophyte consumption. Overall, the diet and enzyme results suggest that juvenile K. sydneyanus rely mainly on the endogenous digestion of rhodophytes and chlorophytes, while exogenous (microbial) digestion is used to digest the phaeophyte-dominated diet of adults.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2002.tb01714.x
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    Influence of season, ontogeny and tide on the diet of the temperate marine herbivorous fish Odax pullus (Odacidae) (1993)
    Springer
    Marine biology 117 (1993), S. 213-220 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The diet of the temperate marine herbivorous fish Odax pullus (Pisces: Odacidae) was examined using gut-content analysis followed by principal-component analysis and analysis of variance. Fish were collected near Leigh, on the northeast coast of New Zealand, from February 1983 to September 1984. The data were categorised by size of fish, season, and state of tide. A major ontogenetic shift in diet was observed. Juveniles fed on animal material (crustaceans and gastropods), epiphytic rhodophytes, and some phaeophyte material. Adults fed almost exclusively on two phaeophyte taxa, the laminarian Ecklonia radiata and the fucoid Carpophyllum spp. Dietary selection was evident at the level of particular plant components; the diet of larger fish in spring samples was dominated by fucoid reproductive receptacles. There was no direct evidence of a tidal influence on diet composition of O. pullus, although the relative proportions of E. radiata and Carpophyllum spp. ingested by adult fish appeared to vary with tidal state. The volume of gut contents varied seasonally for all size classes, although the timing of peak annual food intake varied among size classes. Tidal state did not influence the volume of the gut contents. The ontogenetic and seasonal trends evident in the diet of O. pullus appeared to be related to a number of factors including relative gut length, gonad development, ontogenetic changes in feeding anatomy and seasonal changes in algal composition.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00345665
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    Comparison of herbivory in the closely-related marine fish genera Girella and Kyphosus (1997)
    Springer
    Marine biology 127 (1997), S. 579-586 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract   Specimens of the nominally herbivorous, closely-related, fish genera Girella and Kyphosus were collected from Australian waters in 1994 and 1995. The diet of three Girella species (G. cyanea, G. elevata, and G. tricuspidata) consisted mainly of chlorophytes and rhodophytes, with an animal component of␣15.9 ± 4.2% in G. tricuspidata. The diet of four species of Kyphosus (K. bigibbus, K. cinerascens, K. sydneyanus, and K. vaigiensis) included phaeophytes, chlorophytes and rhodophytes, and almost no animal material. Concentration of total short-chain fatty acids in the posterior intestine was 〈11.4 mM in the Girella spp. and 〉39.2 mM in the Kyphosus spp. These results suggest that microbial fermentation plays a role in algal digestion in Kyphosus spp., but not in Girella spp. Girellids and kyphosids appear to function quite differently as herbivores. Girellids should be considered as omnivores that complement readily-available energy from algae with protein from invertebrates. Kyphosids appear to be strict herbivores that can derive adequate nutrition from algae poor in easily assimilable energy, through microbial fermentation in the hindgut.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002270050048
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    Daily feeding rates in herbivorous labroid fishes (1993)
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    Marine biology 117 (1993), S. 205-211 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Estimates of daily feeding rates were obtained for two groups of herbivorous labroid fishes, one confined to cold water and the other to tropical reef environments. These were the family Odacidae, represented by Odax pullus from New Zealand waters, (Goat Island Bay: Latitude 36° South; on the northeastern coast of New Zealand) and the family Scaridae, represented by Scarus rivulatus, S. schlegeli and S. sordidus from the northern Great Barrier Reef (Lizard Island; a mid-shelf reef at 14° South latitude). Observations on the odacid were made in 1984 and in 1992, and on the scarids in 1984 and 1988. O. pullus displayed a diurnal feeding pattern in which the rates (expressed as bites min-1) are greatest early in the day. The mean combined feeding rate for three size groups (juveniles, subadults and adults) peaked (average of 2.9 bites) from 06.00 to 08.00 hrs and declined fourfold to a combined average of 0.7 bites min-1 by midday. The greatest mean feeding rate recorded was 3.7 bites min-1, with an overall mean of 1.8 bites min-1. For subadults and adults there were consistent trends in feeding, with subadults feeding at a greater rate than adults and both groups displaying a decline in feeding rate during the day. The change in feeding rate with time of day was statistically significant in both groups. The pattern for juvenile O. pullus was different from that in the two larger size groups in that juveniles did not show a uniform decline in feeding with time of day. For scarids, the daily feeding rate varied by site, but the pattern was similar for all species, characterised by initial low rates increasing to higher but variable levels by midday. The influence of both site of feeding and time of day on feeding rate was confirmed by analysis. The overall mean values for each species were 20.1 bites min-1 for S. rivulatus, 19.7 bites min-1 for S. schlegeli and 14.9 bites min-1 for S. sordidus. For scarids, the peak feeding rates varied from 19.3 to 32.8 bites min-1, with overall rates from 14.9 to 21.1 bites min-1. Estimates of activity and movement patterns during feeding were obtained for O. pullus. Distance moved per unit time was highly variable, 0.1 to 47.5 m min-1, with a mean of 8.5 m min-1 (SD=9.9). Trends in movement among sexes and size classes were obscured by the variable movement patterns of individual fishes.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00345664
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    Endosymbiotic communities of two herbivorous labroid fishes,Odax cyanomelas andO. pullus (1991)
    Springer
    Marine biology 109 (1991), S. 223-229 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract Two herbivorous species of the temperate labroid fish family Odacidae were examined for the presence of gut endosymbionts.Odax cyanomelas (Richardson) from southern Australia andO. pullus Schneider from New Zealand both feed on macroalgae, yet appear to lack obvious morphological specializations for herbivory. Specimens ofO. cyanomelas andO. pullus were collected in 1989 from Sydney, Australia, and Leigh, New Zealand, respectively. Both species were found to harbour dense concentrations of prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes in their lower intestines. The various cell types present were examined by light microscopy, transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. Epifluorescence microscope counts were used to quantify the distribution and abundance of the microbiota along the gut ofO. cyanomelas. Major differences were observed in the composition of microbiota between the two species.O. cyanomelas contained spirilla, large rod-shaped bacteria, filamentous bacteria and two forms of trichomonad flagellates.O. pullus also harboured dense, large, rod-shaped bacterial populations, but lacked the other two large prokaryote categories found inO. cyanomelas, and contained diplomonad flagellates. The large rod-shaped bacteria found in both species resembled prokaryotes described from other herbivorous fish and termites.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01319390
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    Occurrence and characteristics of unusual protistan symbionts from surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia (1989)
    Springer
    Marine biology 102 (1989), S. 403-412 
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    ISSN: 1432-1793
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The occurrence of unusual symbiotic microorganisms was examined in the intestines of a range of fish from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. The fish taxa examined included 26 species of the family Acanthuridae, as well as representatives of phylogenetically related and herbivorous taxa. The microorganisms, referred to as protists, were only found in herbivorous and detritivorous members of the Acanthuridae. Protists were not found in planktivorous acanthurids, nor in any members of the families Kyphosidae, Pomacentridae, Scaridae, Zanclidae, Siganidae and Bleniidae we examined. In addition, protists were absent from the herbivorous acanthurids A. xanthopterus and A. nigricans. A range of protist forms, characterized by differences in size (8 to 417 μm), shape and mode of cell division (daughter-cell production and binary fission), was observed. The occurrence of these forms appeared to be correlated with host feedingecology. Large forms (〉100 μm) of the protists were only found in acanthurids which fed over hard-reef substrata. Smaller forms were found in sand-grazing and detritivorous species. One of the protist forms appears identical to protists previously reported from Red Sea acanthurids.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00428493
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    Carbohydrate utilisation by microbial symbionts in the marine herbivorous fishes Odax cyanomelas and Crinodus lophodon (1996)
    Springer
    Journal of comparative physiology 165 (1996), S. 571-579 
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    ISSN: 1432-136X
    Keywords: Temperate marine fish ; Marine herbivorous fish ; Carbohydrate fermentation ; Herring cale, Odax cyanomelas ; Sea carp, Crinodus lophodon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Carbohydrate uptake and catabolism by the gut microbiota of two species of temperate marine herbivorous fish were investigated using enzyme extracts prepared from microbial pellets. The fish studied were the herring cale Odax cyanomelas (Family Odacidae), which feeds on Ecklonia radiata, and the sea carp Crinodus lophodon (Family Aplodactylidae), which feeds primarily on red and green algae. Constitutive phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase systems for glucose, galactose, fructose and mannitol were present in the microbiota of both fish. Hexokinase, fructokinase and mannitol dehydrogenase activities indicated that transport of the corresponding substrates may be coupled to permeases. Galactokinase activity was only detected in C. lophodon, as expected from its diet. Phosphofructokinase and pyruvate kinase activities were taken to indicate that carbohydrate metabolism proceeded via the fructose bisphosphate pathway. Differences in the transport and metabolism of the different monomers by the microbiota of O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon correlated strongly with predicted monomer availability in the gut of each species, suggesting that the microbiota are an integral component of digestion in these fish. The rates of production in adult fish of acetate, the major short-chain fatty acid, were estimated as 136 μmol·h-1 in O. cyanomelas and 166 μmol·h-1 in C. lophodon. These rates indicate that microbial fermentation is a potentially important source of energy for the host fish.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00387519
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    Haemoglobin components and oxygen transport in relation to habitat distribution in triplefin fishes (Tripterygiidae) (1999)
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    Journal of comparative physiology 169 (1999), S. 329-334 
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    ISSN: 1432-136X
    Keywords: Key words Haemoglobin ; Teleost fish ; Triplefins ; Oxygen transport ; Bohr effect
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Haemoglobin components were analysed for nine species of New Zealand triplefins and their isoelectric points (pI) ranged from 5.1 to 7.0. The number of well-expressed isohaemoglobins was larger in shallow-water and tidal pool species, ranging from four in Grahamina signata to eight in Grahamina capito, and were relatively cathodal. Two strongly anodal isohaemoglobins were expressed in the mid-depth species Ruanoho decemdigitatus and Ruanoho whero, and one in the deeper water species Karalepis stewarti and Forsterygion malcolmi. The red blood cell oxygen-binding properties were determined at 15 °C and 25 °C in the pH range 6.7–7.9 for the shallow-water species G. capito, the shallow to mid-depth species Forsterygion varium, and the deep-water species F. malcolmi. Oxygen affinity was highest for G. capito and the magnitude of the Bohr effect lower (Δlog P 50/ΔpH = −0.37 at 25 °C, where P 50 is the half-saturation coefficient) compared to the two Forsterygion species (Δlog P 50/ΔpH = −0.52 to −0.59). Further, the cooperativity factor, n 50, was lower in G. capito thus maintaining oxygen transport over a wide range of environmental oxygen pressures. Oxygen binding was similarly influenced by temperature in both G. capito and F. malcolmi (maximum heat of oxygenation ΔHmax = −27 kJ mol−1 and −37 kJ mol−1, respectively). Thus, triplefin fishes living in shallow, thermally unstable habitats possess a greater number of cathodally migrating isohaemoglobins, and their red blood cells have a higher oxygen affinity and reduced cooperativity which is less sensitive to changes in pH than do species occurring in more stable, deeper water habitats. Our analysis of an assemblage of closely related species circumvents some of the difficulties inherent in studies where interpretation of experimental results is confounded by phylogeny.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003600050228
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    Short-chain fatty acid metabolism in temperate marine herbivorous fish (1994)
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    Journal of comparative physiology 164 (1994), S. 372-377 
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    ISSN: 1432-136X
    Keywords: Short-chain fatty acids ; Temperate marine herbivorous fish ; Fermentation ; Herring cale, Odax cyanomelas ; Sea carp, Crinodus lophodon
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) were identified and estimated in the gut of three herbivorous fish containing gut endosymbionts, the herring cale Odax cyanomelas (Richardson, 1850) (Family Odacidae), the butterfish O. pullus (Bloch and Schneider, 1801) (Family Odacidae) and the sea carp Crinodus lophodon (Günther, 1859) (Family Aplodactylidae). The highest concentrations of short-chain fatty acids were in the posterior region of the intestine in all species. In O. cyanomelas 85% of the total short-chain fatty acids were found in this region. There was a positive correlation between the distribution of short-chain fatty acids and the microorganisms, suggesting that the short-chain fatty acids were end products of microbial anaerobic metabolism. The major short-chain fatty acid in all three species was acetate, the concentration of which ranged from 20 to 29 mmol·1-1 in the posterior intestine. Lower concentrations of propionate and butyrate were also found. Additionally, valerate was found in the odacids. The ratio of acetate: propionate:butyrate:valerate in the gut section containing the highest concentration of short-chain fatty acids was 83:8:9:1 in O. cyanomelas, 64:21:14:1 in O. pullus and 74:17:9:0 in C. lophodon. Acetate was present in the blood of O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon at concentrations of 1.74±0.17 and 1.79±0.20 mmol·l-1, respectively. The presence of the enzyme necessary to activate acetate, acetyl CoA synthetase, in the major tissues of both O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon indicates that these fishes are able to utilise acetate produced in the gut. The highest activity of acetyl CoA synthetase, 3.55±0.51 and 6.48±3.18 nmol·s-1·g tissue-1 in O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon, respectively, was found in the kidney. Acetyl CoA hydrolase activity was detected in the liver, heart, muscle, gut and kidney of O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon. The highest activity was in the liver of both species, 91.22±9.03 and 57.35±7.15 nmol·s-1·g tissue-1 in O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon, respectively. The presence of acetyl CoA hydrolase in tissues of O. cyanomelas and C. lophodon raises the possibility that some of the acetate in the blood could arise from hydrolysis of endogenously produced acetyl CoA. The results strongly support the hypothesis that short-chain fatty acids produced by endosymbionts in the posterior intestine are used as a blood fuel either for energy purposes or for lipid synthesis by the host fish.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00302552
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