Fish Biology Exam #2 Study Guide: Trophic Ecology Outline #1
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What is the main reason why fish eat according to the provided text?

  • To produce entropy
  • To obtain essential nutrients (correct)
  • To increase their body weight
  • To synthesize amino acids
  • Which of the following is NOT considered an essential amino acid for fish?

  • Alanine (correct)
  • Threonine
  • Leucine
  • Valine
  • Why are essential fatty acids important for fish's diets?

  • To produce energy
  • To ensure growth, development, and overall health (correct)
  • To improve swimming abilities
  • To regulate body temperature
  • Why is it important to include specific sources of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids in a fish's feed?

    <p>To meet the fish's nutritional needs for growth and health</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of vitamins in fish metabolism?

    <p>To serve as organic enzyme co-factors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a source of nutrients that fish need for their diets, according to the text?

    <p>Chlorophyll</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is one factor that affects the cost of processing food?

    <p>Size of prey</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does Optimal Foraging Theory predict about prey size?

    <p>Optimal foraging predicts an optimal size range of prey.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which cost is largely associated with processing protein according to the text?

    <p>Specific Dynamic Action (SDA)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does predation risk influence the motivation to feed according to the text?

    <p>High predation risk may deter feeding.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which factor decreases predation risk in terms of conspecifics?

    <p>Shoaling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of models add encounter frequency and success to determine optimal foraging size?

    <p>Modern models</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fish invests more energy and less time foraging as a result of having increased control and protective ability?

    <p>Nesters</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of fish sacrifices hydrodynamic efficiency and inherits a greater predator risk, but gains increased protection and control on gestation?

    <p>External bearers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of fish includes species like Chromis chromis and Pomoxis annularis?

    <p>Substrate choosers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of fish classified as 'miscellaneous materials' nesters?

    <p>They use random plant material for nesting.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which fish species would most likely be a 'mouthbrooder' based on the given information?

    <p>Guarders</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes 'skin breeders', such as Oryzias latipes, from other types of bearers?

    <p>They carry their eggs on their skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which mode of fertilization involves touching cloacae and transferring sperm?

    <p>Cloacal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which type of reproductive system do individuals within a species exist as distinct male and female sexes?

    <p>Gonochoristic sexes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which environmental factor usually results in more males in terms of sex determination?

    <p>Increased temperatures</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the mode of fertilization where eggs are usually pelagic and plankton-like, with low male investment?

    <p>External</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which pattern of sex changes refers to the male being dominant first, followed by one dominant female and multiple males?

    <p>Protandry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which mode of fertilization do catfish drink sperm but do not consume it?

    <p>Cloacal</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the relationship between search speed and foraging modes in fish?

    <p>Search speed is expensive but can yield food in various foraging modes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How does prey selection relate to food webs and ecosystems?

    <p>Prey selection impacts food webs and the human impact on ecosystems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the difference between top-down and bottom-up regulation in food webs?

    <p>Top-down regulation involves predation effects on trophic systems.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of spawner releases eggs into the water column instead of depositing them onto the substrate?

    <p>Pelagic spawners like Gadus morhua (Cod)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In reproductive ecology, what characterizes benthic spawners on coarse substrates?

    <p>They have pelagic free embryos and larvae.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Henry David Thoreau, what did he believe in?

    <p>&quot;I believe I’ll go fishing.&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

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