Gelatinous zooplankton (ctenophores, salps and medusae): an important food resource of fishes in the temperate SW Atlantic Ocean

• Published in: Marine Biology Research
• Main Authors: Diaz Briz, Luciana Mabel, Sánchez, Felisa, Marí, Noemí, Mianzan, Hermes Walter, Genzano, Gabriel Nestor
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis As
• Subjects: CONSUMPTION AREAS; FISH; GELATINOUS PLANKTON; PREDATION; SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Uruguay; Bray; Mabel; Diaz; South Atlantic Ocean; Squalus acanthias
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/64775

This study quantifies the occurrence of gelatinous zooplankton in the stomach contents of fishes from the southwest Atlantic Ocean (33°–55°S). More than 69,000 fish stomachs belonging to 107 species were examined. A total of 39 fishes were documented as consumers of gelatinous zooplankton, 23 of whi...