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Título: | Feeding ecology of two demersal opportunistic predators coexisting in the Northwestern Mediterranean Sea |
Autor: | López, Nieves; Navarro, Joan CSIC ORCID ; Barría, Claudio CSIC ORCID; Albo Puigserver, Marta CSIC ORCID ; Coll, Marta CSIC ORCID ; Palomera, Isabel CSIC ORCID | Fecha de publicación: | jun-2016 | Editor: | Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología | Citación: | SIBIC2016 : VI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology : Summaries book: 119 (2016) | Resumen: | The aim of this study was to analyse the trophic ecology of two demersal predator species, black anglerfish (Lophius budegassa) and white anglerfish (L. piscatorius), in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea. Both species are important in the study area due to their high abundance and economic value, but information about their feeding behaviour is scarce. Here, we described the diet composition and ecological role of these two species, investigating whether trophic segregation exists between them and amongst fish of different sizes. In addition, by using experimental survey data we described the spatial distribution of both species to help us interpret trophic behaviour patterns. We gathered samples of two different sizes (small individuals of a total length <30 cm and large individuals ≥30 cm) of both species and combined stomach content analyses (SCA) and stable isotope analyses (SIA) of nitrogen and carbon with isotopic mixing models. Our results revealed that both anglerfish species are opportunistic predators, showing a diet composed mainly of fishes and, to a lesser extent, of crustaceans, with a small proportion of cephalopods, gastropods, bivalves and echinoderms. We found trophic segregation between the two species and the two sizes, indicating that they feed on different prey, in line with differences in their spatial distribution within the study area. This partial partition of food resources could also be explained by the differences in rhythms of activity that were reported in previous studies. In addition, although both species occupied a high position within the food web, our results showed that white anglerfish individuals and the large-sized fish of both species held higher trophic positions. This study demonstrates the usefulness of complementary approaches for trophic studies and confirms that both anglerfish species play an important role as predators in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea food web | Descripción: | http://www.sibic.org/sibic2016/ | Versión del editor: | VI Congreso Ibérico de Ictiología - VI Iberian Congress of Ichthyology (SIBIC2016), celebrado del 21 al 24 de junio de 2016 en Murcia.-- 1 page | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/170912 |
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