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The diet of the two-spot goby, Gobiusculus flavescens (Pisces)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Geoffrey W. Potts ,
Joan Edwards  and
Mark J. Costello
Geoffrey W. Potts
Affiliation:
Marine Biological Association, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB
Joan Edwards
Affiliation:
Devon Wildlife Trust, 35 Newbridge Street, Exeter, EX4 3AH
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Abstract

Juvenile and adult two-spot gobies, Gobiusculus flavescens (Fabricius), were collected at three sites in the Plymouth area: the Plymouth Breakwater, Fort Bovisand, and the Yealm estuary. Fish were sampled by a diver-held grab-net, boat-towed zooplankton net, and beam-trawl, from early June until the end of September 1987.

Percentage abundance and percentage occurrence dietary data are presented by a graphical technique, such that prey importance (rare or dominant) and fish feeding strategy (specialist or generalist), is visually apparent. It is applied to the different size groups of fish from each site.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , May 1990 , pp. 329 - 342
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1990

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