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• W2789569152 abstract "The Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) is a common top predator along the KwaZulu-Natal coast. There have been several dietary studies done on this species, most of which have classed this predator as an opportunistic feeder preying on the most abundant prey species in that area. In KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) a dietary study was carried out in 1990, but there have been no followup studies to examine potential changes in diet. A number of bottlenose dolphins get entangled in the shark-nets set off the KZN coast each year. These dolphins provide a valuable source of information about different aspects of the ecology of this population. The aim of this study was to examine the diet of bottlenose dolphins off the KwaZulu-Natal coast with particular emphasis on temporal change in diet composition. The contents of 102 stomachs of bottlenose dolphins (58 females, 44 males) accidentally caught in the shark nets between 1985 and 2010 were analysed, and compared to historical data from dolphins caught between 1975 and 1986. A total of 94 different prey species from 37 families (32 fish families, five cephalopod families) were identified in the stomach contents. Teleosts made up the most important prey group in numbers and weight constituting 84 percent and 67 percent, respectively, while cephalopods made up 15 percent of the number and 30 percent of the weight of the prey items. Multi Dimensional Scaling (MDS) indicated that there is no resource partitioning between males and females, but significant partitioning between juveniles and adults. Six prey species contributed more than 60 percent of the weight of all prey species in the diet. These species are the most important according to their calculated index of relative importance score and are, in order of importance: Sepia sp. (cuttlefish)., Pomadasys olivaceus (piggy), Trachurus delagoa (maasbanker), Scomber japonicus (mackeral), Loligo sp. (squid). and Pagellus bellottii natalensis (pandora or red tjor-tjor). When compared to historic data, no changes in the main prey species has occurred, but the piggy has decreased in importance (1976-1986 percent IRI=45; 2000-2010 percent IRI=22), while the maasbanker has increased (1975-1986, percent RI=4; 2000-2010 percent RI=20). Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis performed on tissue from the teeth of T. aduncus caught in the shark nets between 1970 and 2010 showed that there has been no significant shift in trophic level (δ15N) or in primary prey source (δ13C) over this time. The isotopic signatures of different tissues from an individual were used to create a base line and describe the differences in tissue signatures. Blubber was found to be significantly different from skin and muscle, which were found to be isotopically similar. Skin from remote biopsies can therefore probably be used in place of muscle for isotopic studies of bottlenose dolphins, while caution should be taken when using blubber. Given that T. aduncus is still listed as “data deficient” by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature…" @default.
• W2789569152 created "2018-03-29" @default.
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• W2789569152 date "2012-01-01" @default.
• W2789569152 modified "2023-09-22" @default.
• W2789569152 title "Feeding ecology and dietary patterns of the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops Aduncus) off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa" @default.
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