Feeding habitus of the striped seabream Lithognathus mormyrus were investigated in the Calich lagoon (NW Sardinia, Italy). The stomach contents of 128 adult specimens (TL=19.5±1.3 cm) collected in spring and summer 1998 were examined. Benthic fauna such as Amphipoda, Mollusca and Polychaeta were the main food items (33.2, 19.3 and 5% of the number of preys respectively), but a large amount of Chironomidae larvae and detritus was also found (11.6 and 30.6%). No differences between the diet of 2 fish size classes (20<TL≥ 20 cm) were observed.
Aspetti del regime alimentare di Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) nello stagno di Calich (Sardegna Nord Occidentale) / Chessa, L.a., Lanera, P., Pais, A., Plastina, N., Scardi, M., Serra, S., Valiante, M.l., Vinci, D.. - In: BIOLOGIA MARINA MEDITERRANEA. - ISSN 1123-4245. - 12(1):(2005), pp. 492-495. (XXXV Congresso SIBM Genova 19-20 luglio).
Aspetti del regime alimentare di Lithognathus mormyrus (Linnaeus, 1758) nello stagno di Calich (Sardegna Nord Occidentale)
PAIS, Antonio;
2005-01-01
Abstract
Feeding habitus of the striped seabream Lithognathus mormyrus were investigated in the Calich lagoon (NW Sardinia, Italy). The stomach contents of 128 adult specimens (TL=19.5±1.3 cm) collected in spring and summer 1998 were examined. Benthic fauna such as Amphipoda, Mollusca and Polychaeta were the main food items (33.2, 19.3 and 5% of the number of preys respectively), but a large amount of Chironomidae larvae and detritus was also found (11.6 and 30.6%). No differences between the diet of 2 fish size classes (20I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
