Are white-beaked dolphins Lagenorhynchus albirostris food specialst? Their diet in the southern North Sea [PDF]
The white-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris is the most numerous cetacean after the harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in the North Sea, including Dutch coastal waters.
Jansen, O.E. +3 more
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Reconstructing fossil bony fish faunas using otoliths is a well-established method that allows a diverse and dense record in time and space to be assembled. Here we report about a rich otolith-based fish fauna from the middle Sarmatian s.l.
ANDRIY BRATISHKO +2 more
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Diets of shags Phalacrocorax aristotelis and cormorants P. carbo in Norway and possible implications for gadoid stock recruitment [PDF]
The diets of shags and cormorants were studied in Norway through analyses of regurgitated pellets. Although this method has many limitations, indications were that both species rely heavily on small gadoids (Gadidae) and sand eels (Ammodytidae) for food ...
Barrett, R. T. +3 more
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What goes in, must come out:combining scat-based molecular diet analysis and quantification of ingested microplastics in a marine top predator [PDF]
Context: Microplastics (plastic particles <5 mm in size) are highly available for ingestion by a wide range of organisms, either through direct consumption or indirectly, via trophic transfer, from prey to predator.
Bennett, Kimberley A. +6 more
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A fish otolith assemblage from the Late Miocene (Pannonian) deposits of Lake Pannon (Doba, NW Hungary) [PDF]
A fish otolith assemblage consisting of 173 specimens was recovered from littoral sand deposits of the brackish Lake Pannon at Doba, western Hungary. Co-occurring endemic mollusks indicate the Lymnocardium ponticum Zone, thus an age of about 9 million ...
Bosnakoff, Mariann, Katona, Lajos Tamás
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DNA barcode authentication reveals highly fraudulent Cod commerce in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Through the DNA barcoding technique using the cytochrome oxidase subunit I (coI) mitochondrial gene, a high degree of fraudulent commerce of Cod (Bacalhau in Portuguese) was detected in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil.
Bárbara B. Calegari +3 more
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The Mediterranean and Black Sea STECF Stock Assessment Database [PDF]
Since 2007, the Scientific Technical Economic Committee for Fisheries (STECF), for which Joint Research Centre (JRC) runs the Secretariat and all the data collection process, started collecting and organizing information on Mediterranean and Black Sea ...
GIBIN MAURIZIO +4 more
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Agonistic behaviour and sound production in Gaidropsarus mediterraneus, (Gadidae) [PDF]
Agonistic behaviour and sound production were described for captive Gaidropsarus mediterraneus, a shore‐dwelling gadoid. Thump‐like sounds were produced during agonistic interactions, which involved disputes over access to shelter sites.
Almada, Vítor Carvalho +5 more
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Foram descritas histologicamente, em cinco espécies de teleósteos do litoral de São Paulo, as fases ovocitárias envolvidas no processo de maturação ovariana.
Paulo de Tarso da Cunha Chaves
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Macrodon ancylodon was obtained from landings in Santos Port (São Paulo State) of fish caught monthly by commercial vessels, on the southern coast of Brazil during September 1976 to August 1977.
Anastácio Afonso Juras +1 more
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