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AUTHOR
F. Riccato
FISH mapping of 18S rDNA and (TTAGGG)n sequences in two pipefish species (Gasteroisteiformes: Syngnathidae).
1Istituto di Scienze Marine, Sezione di Venezia, CNR, Castello 1364/a, 30122 Venezia, Italy 2Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Universita di Palermo, Via Archirafi 18, 90123 Palermo, Italy 3Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Universita “Ca’ Foscari”, Castello 2737/b 30122 Venezia, Italy 4Istituto di Ecologia e Biologia Ambientale, Universita di Urbino “Carlo Bo”, Via I. Maggetti 22, 61029 Urbino (PU), Italy
Diet and diving behaviour of European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus in the Mediterranean (ssp. melitensis).
Capsule Unlike Atlantic populations, which feed on krill, Mediterranean populations feed mainly on pelagic fish Gymnammodites cicerellus. Aims To determine the diet and dive depth of the Mediterranean subspecies of European Storm Petrels Hydrobates pelagicus melitensis. Methods Analysis of regurgitates of adults arriving at the colony for chick feeding and by determination of dives depth using the capillary tube method. Results The main prey is Gymnammodites cicerellus, a pelagic fish. Storm Petrels dive for their prey and can reach up to 5 m in depth. They also make short foraging trips just outside the colony where they capture Opossum Shrimps Misydacea. Conclusions European Storm Petrels…