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Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey

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dc.creator Cartes, Joan Enric
dc.creator Abelló, Pere
dc.creator Lloris, Domingo
dc.creator Carbonell, Aina
dc.creator Torres, Pedro
dc.creator Maynou, Francesc
dc.creator Gil de Sola, Luis
dc.date 2008-06-30T10:01:18Z
dc.date 2008-06-30T10:01:18Z
dc.date 2002
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T02:14:13Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T02:14:13Z
dc.identifier Scientia Marina 66(Suppl.2): 209-220 (2002)
dc.identifier 0214-8358 (Print)
dc.identifier 1886-8134 (Online)
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/5447
dc.identifier 10.3989/scimar.2002.66s2209
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/5447
dc.description The MEDITS-99 sampling was performed along all the Iberian Peninsula coasts of the western Mediterranean (from the Alborán Sea to Cape Creus) in a space-scale of 1000 Km N-S, at depths ranging between 27-790 m. Fish and decapod crustaceans were dominant in the megafaunal compartment sampled by trawling. Based on both the fish and the decapod crustacean compositions, a comparison of trophic guilds has been attempted, with fish and decapods classified as: 1) migrator macroplankton feeders (mM), 2) non-migrator macroplankton feeders (nmM), 3) nektobenthos-suprabenthos feeders (NS), 4) epibenthos feeders (Epib), 5) large detritus-scavengers (Sca), 6) infaunal feeders (Inf), 7) deposit feeders (Dep) and 8) small detritivorous feeders (Det). Multivariate techniques showed the following differences in the trophodynamics of the megafaunal assemblages along the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula: 1) crustaceans (mainly decapods) have different trophic structures on the shelf and on the slope; 2) on the slope, fish exhibited more clear changes as a function of the geographical gradient than crustaceans; and 3) trophodynamics of bathyal fish showed some geographic variations between the Alborán Sea, the Catalano-Balearic Basin, and the Algerian Basin (Vera Gulf and Alicante sectors), with a progressive north-south increase in planktophagous species.
dc.description We wish to thank all participants in the MEDITS-ES 99 cruise on board R/V "Cornide de Saavedra" for all their help and support.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.format application/pdf
dc.language eng
dc.publisher CSIC - Instituto de Ciencias del Mar (ICM)
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2002.66s2209
dc.rights openAccess
dc.subject Feeding guilds
dc.subject Demersal fish
dc.subject Decapod crustaceans
dc.subject Western Mediterranean
dc.subject Trawl survey
dc.subject Mediterranean sea
dc.title Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey
dc.type Artículo


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