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Small pelagic fish feeding from the eastern Adriatic Sea

Diet of five small pelagic fish species (sardine, anchovy, round sardinella, chub mackerel and horse mackerel) and their possible food overlap was studied in the eastern Adriatic Sea, from June 2014 to August 2016. Sardine and anchovy fed mainly on copepods, while decapod larvae, together with megalopa stage, appeared to be the most important food source for other pelagic fish, followed by isopods and mysids. Our data provide an important step for further investigations of the potential spatial and temporal food overlap of small pelagic fish under different trophic conditions, which is necessary for better understanding dynamics of pelagic food webs.

Adriatic Sea ; diet ; fishes ; trophic relations ; zooplankton

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