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Analysis of the stomach contents of the European conger eel Conger conger in Irish waters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 August 2004

S. O'Sullivan ,
C. Moriarty  and
J. Davenport
S. O'Sullivan
Affiliation:
Aquaculture Development Centre, Environmental Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, University College Cork, Ireland
C. Moriarty
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
J. Davenport
Affiliation:
Aquaculture Development Centre, Environmental Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Animal Ecology, University College Cork, Ireland
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Abstract

A study of Conger conger diet was carried out with 213 specimens from Irish inshore waters (0–200 m) collected from winter 1998 to spring 1999 and 96 from offshore waters (200–600 m) from spring to summer 2000. The primary diet in both areas was fish, with a complete species shift in diet between areas. The dominant species inshore were Merlangius merlangus and offshore Micromesistius poutassou. Decapod crustaceans and cephalopods were observed in stomachs, but contributed little to the overall diet.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 84 , Issue 4 , August 2004 , pp. 823 - 826
Copyright
2004 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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