Food of Shorthorn Sculpin, Myoxocephalus scorpius , in the Cumberland Sound Area of Baffin Island

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Moore, I. A., Moore, J. W.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1974
• Subjects: General Medicine; Baffin Island; Cumberland Sound; Pangnirtung; Baffin; Copepods
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f74-059; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f74-059

One hundred shorthorn sculpins, Myoxocephalus scorpius, over 15 cm in length captured from June to October, 1972, in Cumberland Sound, Baffin Island, fed almost exclusively (90% by both numbers and dry weight) on the planktonic amphipods Pseudalibrotus glacialis and Parathemisto libellula. In contra...