Feeding and biodiversity study by stomach contents of marine predators in the northwestern Mediterranean Sea ...
The Mediterranean Sea, with more than 8,500 species of macroscopic marine organisms, is a biodiversity hotspot. Despite being considered an oligotrophic sea, some areas of the basin are important for primary production. The intense biological activity generated in these areas influences the developm...
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Università degli Studi di Siena
2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.25434/alessandra-neri_phd2024-06-11 https://usiena-air.unisi.it/handle/11365/1262134 |
| Summary: | The Mediterranean Sea, with more than 8,500 species of macroscopic marine organisms, is a biodiversity hotspot. Despite being considered an oligotrophic sea, some areas of the basin are important for primary production. The intense biological activity generated in these areas influences the development of plankton populations and consequently on marine trophic chains, up to the top predators, such as cetaceans and elasmobranchs: this is the case of the northwestern Mediterranean. As a result of great frequency and abundance of marine mammals, and consequently of biodiversity, the Pelagos Sanctuary was established in this area of the basin, which aims to promote mitigation actions and protection of cetaceans and their environment. The focus of this PhD project is to collect information on feeding habits of some predator species which occur in the southern Ligurian and northern Tyrrhenian Sea (north-western Mediterranean Sea), through the study of stomach content analysis (SCA). This technique is one of most ... |
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