An Experimental Study of Competition for Food in Fish

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Outplanting Anadromous Salmonids, A Lilterature Study.

“…The acquisition of optimal feeding stations or territories is of survival benefit to individual fish. Despotic fish in hierarchies or successful territorial fish grow more rapidly than subordinates or refugees (Kalleberg 1958;McPhee 1961;Chapman 1962;Mason and Chapman 1965). Reimers (1968) found that dominance-subordination relationships among juvenile fall chinook salmon were largely determined on the basis of size, Dominant fish, in possession of the best terrritories relative to food and shelter, were the largest.…”

Effects of Increased Feeding Frequency on Growth of Hybrid Bluegill in Ponds

“…Aggressive behavior seems to be size dependent (Chiszar et al 1972); the largest, most dominant fish tend to have the advantage (McComish 1971;Chiszar et al 1972;Henderson and Chiszar 1977;Beacham 1987). Allee et al (1948) and MacPhee (1961) showed that within sunfish species, dominant individuals obtain more food and grow faster than subordinates. Growth variation due to social interactions may reduce overall production.…”