Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758): technical report about extraction and recognition of the digestive tract contents in early stages of the life cycle

Russo, Stefania and Cangemi, Giuseppe and Torri, Marco and Maneiro, Isabel and Armeri, Grazia Maria and Bennici, Carmelo and Patti, Carlo and Musco, Marianna and Quinci, E. M. and Biondo, Girolama and De Luca, Biagio and Monastero, Calogera and Mangiaracina, Francesca and Arculeo, Marco and Mazzola, Salvatore and Patti, Bernardo and Cuttitta, A. and Graci, Roberta (2016) Engraulis encrasicolus (Linnaeus, 1758): technical report about extraction and recognition of the digestive tract contents in early stages of the life cycle. Technical Report. IAMC-CNR, Capo Granitola. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The study of ichthyio-plankton stages and its relations with the environment and other organisms is therefore crucial for a correct use of fishery resources. In this context, the extraction and the analysis of the content of the digestive tract, is a key method for the identification of the diet in early larval stages, the determination of the resources they rely on and possibly a comparison with the diet of other species. Additionally this approach could be useful in determination on occurrence of species competition. This technique is preceded by the analysis of morphometric data (Blackith & Reyment, 1971; Marcus, 1990), that is the acquisition of quantitative variables measured from the morphology of the object of study. They are linear distances, count, angles and ratios. The subsequent application of multivariate statistical methods, aims to quantify the changes in morphological measures between and within groups, relating them to the type and size of prey and evaluate if some changes appear in food choices along the larvae growth.

Item Type: Monograph (Technical Report)
Subjects: 500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia > 577 Ecologia
500 Scienze naturali e Matematica > 570 Scienze della vita; Biologia > 578 Storia naturale degli organismi e soggetti connessi. Classificare qui la Biologia descrittiva, gli specifici tipi non tassonomici di organismo, le opere d’insieme su fenomeni biologici generali ed esterni, le opere d’insieme sulla Biologia tassonomica
Depositing User: Carmelo Bennici
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2016 07:28
Last Modified: 20 Sep 2016 10:43
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15000

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