Diurnal time-activity budgets of Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis in
Karaivetti Lake, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract :

The food and feeding habits of the most economically important fish Labeo calbasu of Vadavar river, Tamil Nadu, South India were examined between April 2010 and March 2011. Monthly percentage composition of food items in Labeo calbasu showed that the fish feed on various food items. The food types recorded are diatoms, blue green algae, green algae, non-motile green algae, pigmented algae, plant matter, crustacean appendages and insects, zooplankton, mollusc fragments and others which include unidentified items. There were no remarkable differences in the quantity of food items in the stomach of juvenile, male and female.