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Feeding of anchovy Engraulis encrasicolus larvae in the north-west Mediterranean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2002

S. Tudela ,
I. Palomera  and
G. Quílez
S. Tudela
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CMIMA-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37–49, 08039 Barcelona, Spain
I. Palomera
Affiliation:
Institut de Ciències del Mar (CMIMA-CSIC), Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37–49, 08039 Barcelona, Spain
G. Quílez
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Sciences and Coastal Managment, Dove Marine Laboratory, Tyne and Wear, NE30 4PZ
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Abstract

Anchovy larvae, collected at 107 stations in the north-west Mediterranean were analysed, in relation to three possible variables, the diurnal or nocturnal time of sampling, the location of sampling stations in relation to the neritic and oceanic domain, and the assignation of anchovy samples to each of the two main anchovy spawning grounds in the region. Feeding activity appeared to be mainly diurnal, stomach contents consisting mostly of copepod eggs, nauplii and copepodites. The stomachs of larger larvae showed an increase in the size range of prey, together with a parallel increase in the incidence of copepodites in the diet.

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SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 82 , Issue 2 , April 2002 , pp. 349 - 350
Copyright
2002 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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