Feeding habits of European hake (Merluccius merluccius) in the central Mediterranean Sea

• Main Authors: Carpentieri, Paolo, Colloca, Francesco, Cardinale, Massimilliano, Belluscio, Andrea, Ardizzone, Giandomenico D.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology; Fisheries; Hake; Morales; North East Atlantic
• Online Access: http://aquaticcommons.org/9625/; http://fishbull.noaa.gov/1032/carpentieri.pdf; http://aquaticcommons.org/9625/1/carpentieri.pdf

European hake (Merluccius merluccius) is an important predator of deeper shelf-upper slope Mediterranean communities. It is a nectobenthic species distributed over a wide depth range (20−1000 m) throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the north east Atlantic region (Fisher et al., 1987). Notwithstandin...