Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W2550436540> ?p ?o ?g. }
- W2550436540 endingPage "186" @default.
- W2550436540 startingPage "175" @default.
- W2550436540 abstract "MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 564:175-186 (2017) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11955 Trophic guild concept: factors affecting within‑guild consistency for tropical estuarine fish Donna Hargreaves1,2,*, Amanda Buckland1, Marcus Sheaves1 1Estuary and Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Research Group, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia. 2Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, Department of National Parks, Sport and Racing, 111 George Street, Brisbane, Queensland 4001, Australia *Corresponding author: donna.hargreaves@hotmail.com ABSTRACT: The trophic guild concept has proved useful in distilling the diverse feeding interactions displayed by fish in temperate estuaries into a standardised subset that simplifies the application of trophic information to management. However, the high species richness displayed by tropical flora and fauna introduces the potential for feeding diversity within presumed guilds, potentially reducing the value of the standard guild concept. We evaluated within-guild consistency for a group of tropical estuarine fish species comprising a presumably coherent trophic zoobenthivore feeding guild (i.e. fish that feed primarily on zoobenthic prey) within 10 estuarine systems in tropical northeastern Australia. The zoobenthivore assemblage did not form a single coherent trophic group, rather the different components of the zoobenthivore guild responded to the broad spectrum of available prey in distinctly different ways. Some species displayed quite general diets while others fed principally on particular types of zoobenthic prey. The distinct prey specialisations often lead to different members of the presumed guild participating in different food chain pathways within the estuarine food web. As a result, substantial and important trophic differences would be masked if these disparate components were aggregated into a single trophic guild. While simplifications can be valuable, and often necessary, in data-poor situations, the complexity uncovered in this study emphasises that caution is required in applying a broad simplified scheme such as the guild concept to specific situations. Caution must be used when applying a guild approach that imports interpretation from other species and/or locations and should be explicitly recognised as an interim position until more specific data can be acquired. KEY WORDS: Trophic guild · Tropical estuary · Ecosystem · Management · Food webs Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Hargreaves D, Buckland A, Sheaves M (2017) Trophic guild concept: factors affecting within‑guild consistency for tropical estuarine fish. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 564:175-186. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11955 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 564. Online publication date: February 03, 2017 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2017 Inter-Research." @default.
- W2550436540 created "2016-11-30" @default.
- W2550436540 creator A5003711859 @default.
- W2550436540 creator A5016012020 @default.
- W2550436540 creator A5070424848 @default.
- W2550436540 date "2017-02-03" @default.
- W2550436540 modified "2023-10-01" @default.
- W2550436540 title "Trophic guild concept: factors affecting within‑guild consistency for tropical estuarine fish" @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1503470511 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1824317202 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1967890930 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1969399530 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1970299485 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1971859353 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1973432171 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1975092469 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1976599155 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1979010607 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1989974377 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1990159128 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1991209512 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1991636758 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1992694199 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W1996030908 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2006965937 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2008722200 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2011206556 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2020539777 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2026338501 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2026564167 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2026842372 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2036270700 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2038019035 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2040021045 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2041893300 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2043438813 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2047281302 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2047483067 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2047868647 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2050217786 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2053348677 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2056488815 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2062173768 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2065523739 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2066078009 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2068007590 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2073187173 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2073857291 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2075816287 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2079303323 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2080269686 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2081317095 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2082141852 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2095989120 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2097652152 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2098827594 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2102463312 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2109922438 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2110065082 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2116250194 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2130162705 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2132801126 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2134581491 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2137210117 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2137475410 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2142329269 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2149958073 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2153170852 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2156707341 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2156989232 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2160076004 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2162504131 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2163611769 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2327979570 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W2507857916 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W4242310004 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W4243108912 @default.
- W2550436540 cites W93423279 @default.
- W2550436540 doi "https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11955" @default.
- W2550436540 hasPublicationYear "2017" @default.
- W2550436540 type Work @default.
- W2550436540 sameAs 2550436540 @default.
- W2550436540 citedByCount "6" @default.
- W2550436540 countsByYear W25504365402020 @default.
- W2550436540 countsByYear W25504365402021 @default.
- W2550436540 countsByYear W25504365402022 @default.
- W2550436540 countsByYear W25504365402023 @default.
- W2550436540 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
- W2550436540 hasAuthorship W2550436540A5003711859 @default.
- W2550436540 hasAuthorship W2550436540A5016012020 @default.
- W2550436540 hasAuthorship W2550436540A5070424848 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C109931610 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C185933670 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C188382862 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C18903297 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C205649164 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C505870484 @default.
- W2550436540 hasConcept C61790302 @default.