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Preliminary observations on feeding habits of garfish Belone belone (L., 1761) in the Adriatic Sea
Zorica, B.; Cikes Kec, V. (2012). Preliminary observations on feeding habits of garfish Belone belone (L., 1761) in the Adriatic Sea. Croatian Journal of Fisheries 70(2): 53-60
In: Croatian Journal of Fisheries. De Gruyter Open: Warsaw. e-ISSN 1848-0586
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Keywords
Author keywords
    diet; pelagic fish; Adriatic Sea
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  • Zorica, B.
  • Cikes Kec, V.
Abstract
    The objective of this study was to present feeding habits of garfish population inhabiting Adriatic Sea. Gut contents of 211 Belone belone specimens caught with seine net in the Adriatic Sea (Croatian fishing ground) were analysed. Although animal and plant prey items were present in analysed guts, the preferred prey group was animal one (94%). The most frequent prey items were copepods (56.9 %) and decapods (44.4 %), while the most abundant were euphausiids (59.9 %) and copepods (20.7 %).
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