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Shedding of gill epithelia by grey mullets (Family Mugilidae) in Negombo Estuary, Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Gammanpila, M.
dc.contributor.author Wijeyaratne, M.J.S.
dc.contributor.author Amarasinghe, U.S.
dc.date.accessioned 2016-06-24T08:26:49Z
dc.date.available 2016-06-24T08:26:49Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.citation Gammanpila, M., Wijeyaratne, M.J.S. and Amarasinghe, U.S. 2016. Shedding of gill epithelia by grey mullets (Family Mugilidae) in Negombo Estuary, Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka Journal of Aquatic Sciences, 21(2): 151-155. en_US
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dc.identifier.uri http://repository.kln.ac.lk/handle/123456789/13694
dc.description.abstract The grey mullets (Family: Mugilidae) have been described as plankton feeders, herbivores, omnivores, slime feeders, foul feeders, bottom feeders, etc. In general, grey mullets are known to be benthic feeders. During a comprehensive trophic ecological study of fish assemblages in brush-parks in the Negombo estuary, Sri Lanka, carried out from 2014 to 2016, a food item that was not found in the aquatic environment, such as zooplankton, phytoplankton, macrophyte or detritus, was observed in the gut contents of mugilids. In this communication, the authors report that the frequency of occurrence of these peculiar items in the gut contents were shedded gill epithelia. Even though shedded gill epithelia were not considered as a food item, they were the most common item in the stomach contents contributing to 49.9% of the mean volume of stomach contents. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Association for Fisheries and Aquatic Resources en_US
dc.subject food and feeding en_US
dc.subject gill epithelia en_US
dc.subject Mugilidae en_US
dc.subject trophic ecology en_US
dc.title Shedding of gill epithelia by grey mullets (Family Mugilidae) in Negombo Estuary, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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