Daily ration of Antarctic silverfish (Pleuragramma antarcticum Boulenger, 1902) in the Eastern Weddell Sea

• Published in: Scientia Marina
• Main Authors: Olaso, Ignacio, Lombarte, Antoni, Velasco, Francisco
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas 2004
• Subjects: daily ration; evacuation rate; Antarctic; pelagic fish; temperature; proporción diaria de alimento; tasa de evacuación gástrica; Antártica; pez pelágico; temperatura; The Antarctic; Weddell Sea; Baja; Weddell; Elliot; Persson; mar de Weddell; Antarc*; Antarctic silverfish; Mar de Weddell
• Online Access: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/399; https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2004.68n3419

The daily ration of Pleuragramma antarcticum in the Eastern Weddell Sea was investigated from midwater and bottom trawl samples collected in the Antarctic in the summer of 1998. Using a gastric evacuation model that takes into account Weddell Sea temperature below zero and information on the prey ty...