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    Diel feeding patterns and daily ration of cyprinid species in the wild determined using an iterative method, MAXIMS
    (Journal of Fish Biology, 1996) de Silva, S.S.; Amarasinghe, U.S.; Wijegoonawardena, D.N.S.
    Diel feeding patterns and daily food rations of five cyprinids Amblypharyngodon melettinus, Barbus chola, B. dorsalis, B. filamentosus and Rasbora daniconius in two Sri Lankan reservoirs were studied based on diel surveys using an iterative method, MAXIMS. A. melettinus and B. chola had single peaks of feeding whereas diel feeding patterns with two peaks occurred in the other three species. Daily food rations varied seasonally and with size of fish. The iterative technique used is reliably applicable for quantifying daily rations, and provides a means of linking trophic levels in natural populations of fish.