Research Article

Black Carp Mylopharyngodon piceus (Richardson, 1846) Mouth Gape and Size Preference of a Bivalve Prey

Table 1

Individual models of Corbicula clams survival at 3- and 24-hours after they were placed among nine tank treatments containing pairs of black carp Mylopharyngodon piceus and the subsequent coefficients and Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) scores.

Time intervalModelInterceptCoefficientAICΔAIC

3 hoursSurvival∼shell length3.26−0.14180.70.2
Survival∼shell width3.66−0.25180.50
Survival∼shell height3.35−0.16180.60.1

24 hoursSurvival∼shell length15.32−0.5281.51.8
Survival∼shell width16.25−0.8979.70
Survival∼shell height13.18−0.51899.3