舟山群岛海域5种鳗的营养生态位及种间关系

海鳗等鳗鲡目鱼类是舟山群岛海域常见的近底层凶猛肉食性鱼类,研究鳗类的营养生态位可以了解其在舟山群岛海域生态系统中占据的营养层次。本研究以舟山群岛海域的海鳗（Muraenesox cinereus）、前肛鳗（Dysomma anguillare）、星康吉鳗（Conger myriaster）、食蟹豆齿鳗（Pisodonophis cancrivorus）和短尾吻鳗（Rhynchoconger ectenurus）为研究对象,利用碳氮稳定同位素技术分析这5种鳗的营养生态位及种间食物关系。结果显示：（1）舟山群岛海域5种鳗的δ13C范围是-21.91‰~-14.97‰（平均值-17.03±1.14‰）,δ15N范围为9.56‰~15.13‰（平均值11.50±1.36‰）;（2）非参数检验结果表明,不同物种间的碳氮稳定同位素比值之间均存在极显著差异;Pearson相关性分析表明,5种鳗总体的δ13C、δ15N值与肛长相关性均不显著,而除前肛鳗以外,其余4种鳗总体的δ13C值与肛长相关性不显著,δ15N值与肛长呈极显著正相关;（3）稳定同位素混合模型（SIAR）显示鱼类、虾类和口足类是鳗类的主要食物来源;（4）海鳗与其他4种鳗的营养生态位均有重叠,说明它们之间的食源有一定程度的同质化,存在食物竞争;食蟹豆齿鳗和短尾吻鳗的校正核心生态位面积（SEAc）最大,说明二者食性泛化,其摄食类群主要取决于饵料生物的易得性;前肛鳗、星康吉鳗和短尾吻鳗之间不存在生态位重叠,说明其摄食种类有所分化,体现了同域分布近缘种的食性差异。本研究阐述了舟山群岛海域5种鳗的种间食物关系和进化共存机制,可为研究舟山群岛海域高营养级类群的食物网结构特征提供参考。     

Characterization and distribution of undersulfated chondroitin sulfate and chondroitin in leptocephalous larvae of elopomorph fishes

Undersulfated chondroitin sulfate (i.e., chondroitin sulfate with sulfate: hexosamine molar ratios ranging from 0.06–0.17) has been identified as a principal glycosaminoglycan (GAG) in whole-body extracts of leptocephalous larvae of four species of marine teleost fishes, representing two orders and three families. These include the eels (Anguilliformes)Ariosoma balearicum (Congridae),Rhechias dubia (Congridae) and Ophichthus sp. (Ophichthidae) and the ladyfish (Elopiformes: Elopidae: Elops saurus). A second GAG found in relatively large amounts in A. balearicum has been identified as chondroitin. Chondroitin and undersulfated chondroitin sulfate formed distinctive precipitates during extraction and were easily separated. Undersulfated chondroitin sulfate also was extracted and purified from early metamorphosing bonefish (Albuliformes: Albulidae: Albula sp.) leptocephali, where it is a minor GAG component, and was shown to be similar in composition to the compounds obtained from eels and ladyfish.