Changes in the diet and feeding of the hake Merluccius merluccius at the shelf-break of the Balearic Islands: Influence of the mesopelagic-boundary community

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers
• Main Authors: Cartes, Joan Enric, Hidalgo, Manuel, Papiol, Vanesa, Massutí, Enric, Moranta, Joan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2009
• Subjects: Trophic relationships; Shelf-slope break; Plankton-benthos coupling; Zooplankton daily migrations; Predator-prey distribution; Hake; Mesopelagic communities; Meganyctiphanes norvegica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/15214; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr.2008.09.009

22 pages, 10 figures, 3 tables Short spatio–temporal variations in the feeding intensity and the diet of the European hake, Merluccius merluccius, together with the abundance of their potential prey were studied between August 2003 and June 2004 at two locations, northwest (Sóller) and south (Cabrer...