Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey

Authors

  • Joan E. Cartes Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC
  • Pere Abelló Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC
  • Domènec Lloris Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC
  • Aina Carbonell Centre Oceanogràfic de les Balears (I.E.O.)
  • Pedro Torres Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (I.E.O.)
  • Francesc Maynou Institut de Ciències del Mar, CMIMA-CSIC
  • Luis Gil de Sola Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga (I.E.O.)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2002.66s2209

Keywords:

feeding guilds, demersal fish, decapod crustaceans, western Mediterranean, trawl survey, Mediterranean

Abstract


The MEDITS-99 sampling was performed along all the Iberian Peninsula coasts of the western Mediterranean (from the Alborán Sea to Cape Creus) in a space-scale of 1000 Km N-S, at depths ranging between 27-790 m. Fish and decapod crustaceans were dominant in the megafaunal compartment sampled by trawling. Based on both the fish and the decapod crustacean compositions, a comparison of trophic guilds has been attempted, with fish and decapods classified as: 1) migrator macroplankton feeders (mM), 2) non-migrator macroplankton feeders (nmM), 3) nektobenthos-suprabenthos feeders (NS), 4) epibenthos feeders (Epib), 5) large detritus-scavengers (Sca), 6) infaunal feeders (Inf), 7) deposit feeders (Dep) and 8) small detritivorous feeders (Det). Multivariate techniques showed the following differences in the trophodynamics of the megafaunal assemblages along the coasts of the Iberian Peninsula: 1) crustaceans (mainly decapods) have different trophic structures on the shelf and on the slope; 2) on the slope, fish exhibited more clear changes as a function of the geographical gradient than crustaceans; and 3) trophodynamics of bathyal fish showed some geographic variations between the Alborán Sea, the Catalano-Balearic Basin, and the Algerian Basin (Vera Gulf and Alicante sectors), with a progressive north-south increase in planktophagous species.

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Published

2002-06-30

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Cartes JE, Abelló P, Lloris D, Carbonell A, Torres P, Maynou F, Gil de Sola L. Feeding guilds of western Mediterranean demersal fish and crustaceans: an analysis based in a spring survey. Sci. mar. [Internet]. 2002Jun.30 [cited 2024Mar.28];66(S2):209-20. Available from: https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/618

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