Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey
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 trawl...
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doaj-d306644057f942a9b00d53792f9942c02021-05-05T13:49:48ZengConsejo Superior de Investigaciones CientíficasScientia Marina0214-83581886-81342002-06-0166S220922010.3989/scimar.2002.66s2209612Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring surveyJoan E. Cartes0Pere Abelló1Domènec Lloris2Aina Carbonell3Pedro Torres4Francesc Maynou5Luis Gil de Sola6Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSICInstitut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSICInstitut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSICCentre Oceanogràfic de les Balears (I.E.O.)Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (I.E.O.)Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSICCentro Oceanográfico de Málaga (I.E.O.)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.http://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/618feeding guildsdemersal fishdecapod crustaceanswestern mediterraneantrawl surveymediterranean |
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Joan E. Cartes Pere Abelló Domènec Lloris Aina Carbonell Pedro Torres Francesc Maynou Luis Gil de Sola Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey Scientia Marina feeding guilds demersal fish decapod crustaceans western mediterranean trawl survey mediterranean |
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Joan E. Cartes Pere Abelló Domènec Lloris Aina Carbonell Pedro Torres Francesc Maynou Luis Gil de Sola |
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Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey |
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Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey |
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Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey |
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Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey |
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Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey |
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feeding guilds of western mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey |
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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. |
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