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Feeding Habits of Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Gadidae) Off the Eastern Coast of Spain (Western Mediterranean)

M. Salomé MorteManuel J. RedónAntonio Sanz-brau

subject

Mediterranean climateEcologybiologyDecapodadigestive oral and skin physiologyMysidaceaAquatic ScienceGadidaebiology.organism_classificationCrustaceanPredationFisheryPoor codMediterranean seaEcology Evolution Behavior and Systematics

description

. The stomach contents of poor cod, Trisopterus minutus capelanus (Lacepede), 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.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2001-09-01Marine Ecology
https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1439-0485.2001.01731.x