Resource partitioning among sympatric Hypostomus species

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Resource partitioning among sympatric Hypostomus species

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de Paiva Ferreira, D.L., Guedes, G.H.S., da Silva, L.G., & Araújo, F.G. (2021). Resource partitioning among freshwater congeneric fishes (Loricariidae: Hypostomus): trophic, spatial, and temporal dimensions. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 1-11.

https://doi.org/10.1080/01650521.2021.2010974
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10. ... 21.2010974
ABSTRACT
Resource partitioning is essential for coexistence of phylogenetically related species in altered environments, where changes in biotopes can limit resources and change ecological strategies. We investigated resource partitioning between two congeneric catfishes ( and H. luetkeni) in three niche dimensions (trophic, spatial, and temporal) in a Neotropical reservoir. We tested the hypothesis that the use of different mesohabitats (spatial dimension) is more relevant for the coexistence of species, and that morphological differences between the species confer different advantages in the mesohabitats occupation. We evaluated species morphology, diet composition and abundance along a spatial-temporal gradient. A high dietary overlap and a low temporal variability in species abundance were found, indicating that these two dimensions play a minor role in the species distribution. However, a strong spatial segregation modulated apparently by morphological differences was observed. has a larger oral disk area, and a flatter body that confer advantages in the occupation of lotics habitats, whereas H. affinis has relatively larger fins that provide more efficient displacements in lentic habitats. Spatial partitioning was the main driver modulating mechanism for the coexistence of these species and differences in the occupation of the mesohabitats probably have been amplified in this altered environment.
KEYWORDS: Niche partition, segregation, coexistence, altered environments, reservoirs, Siluriformes
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