Feeding Habits of Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Gadidae) Off the Eastern Coast of Spain (Western Mediterranean) |
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| Authors: | M Salomé Morte Manuel J Redón & Antonio Sanz-Brau |
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| Institution: | Universitat de Valencia, Fac. CC Biológicas, Ecología, Lab. Biol. Mar., Dr. Moliner 50, E-46 100 Burjasot, Valencia, Spain. |
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| Abstract: | Abstract. The stomach contents of poor cod, Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Lacepède), were taken at monthly intervals off the eastern coast of the Gulf of Valencia (Spain). A total of 1276 were analyzed to determine diet according to fish size and season. The basic food consists of crustaceans (Mysidacea and Decapoda) and teleosts. Feeding habits varied with size: decapods and fishes were more abundant in the stomachs of larger specimens. Little seasonal variation in food habits was recorded. |
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| Keywords: | Food poor cod Trisopterus minutus capelanus Gadidae western Mediterranean |
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