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Summertime Diel Variations in the Diet Composition and Feeding Periodicity of Red Pandora (Pagellus erythrinus) in Hisarönü Bay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2001

H.A. Benli ,
M. Kaya ,
A. Ünlüoĝlu ,
T. Kataĝan  and
B. Cihangir
H.A. Benli
Affiliation:
Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, 35340 İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkey
M. Kaya
Affiliation:
Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
A. Ünlüoĝlu
Affiliation:
Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, 35340 İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkey
T. Kataĝan
Affiliation:
Ege University, Faculty of Fisheries, 35100 Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
B. Cihangir
Affiliation:
Dokuz Eylül University, Institute of Marine Sciences and Technology, 35340 İnciraltı, İzmir, Turkey
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Abstract

In summer 1997, the stomach contents of 235 red pandora collected by bottom trawl from Hisarönü Bay in the southern Aegean coast of Turkey, were analysed. It was observed that red pandora is predominantly a diurnal feeder. More intensive feeding started in the afternoon, reaching its maximum value in the evening and continued until dusk. The minimum feeding intensity occurred during the night. The diet was found to consist primarily of polychaetes, especially Glyceridae, and crustaceans, mainly Natantia. No significant diel variation was observed in the diet composition of red pandora.

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Short Communication
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 81 , Issue 1 , February 2001 , pp. 185 - 186
Copyright
2001 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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