| Main Title |
Net Feeding in Mesopelagic Fishes. |
| Author |
Hopkins, Thomas L. ;
Baird., Ronald C. ;
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| CORP Author |
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg. Dept. of Marine Science.;National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, D.C.;National Science Foundation, Washington, D.C.;State Univ. System of Florida Inst. of Oceanography, Gainesville.;Naval Research Lab., Washington, D.C.;Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. |
| Year Published |
1975 |
| Report Number |
NSF-DES75-03845; NOAA-75122301-19; |
| Stock Number |
PB-248 861-04-19 |
| Additional Subjects |
Marine fishes ;
Feeding habits ;
Nets ;
Plankton ;
Fishing ;
Zooplankton ;
Food chains ;
Animal nutrition ;
Pelagic zone ;
Correlation techniques ;
Mexico Gulf ;
Pleuragramma antarcticum
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| NTIS |
PB-248 861-04-19 |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
8p |
| Abstract |
In an investigation of net feeding, 11 species of fish captured in a double-net Tucker trawl were examined. Stomach contents of fish retained by a coarse mesh 'fish-catcher' in one net were compared to contents of fish which had accumulated with plankton in the cod end of the adjacent net. Out of 19 species-collection pairs (700 fish), there were significant differences in number of prey items in stomachs of only three species in five collections. Two pairs, fish from the cod end and in three pairs, those from the 'fish-catcher' contained significantly more prey than fish from the adjacent trawl. There were little or no significant differences between trawls in number of fish scales, prey diversity, or prey size. These results suggest that literature data on diet of mesopelagic fishes is not heavily biased from net feeding and that existing collections can be used for feeding investigations. |
