IMIS

Publications | Institutes | Persons | Datasets | Projects | Maps
[ report an error in this record ]basket (1): add | show Print this page

one publication added to basket [130424]
Food habits of the broad nose skate, Bathyraja brachyurops (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae), in the south-west Atlantic
Belleggia, M.; Mabragaña, E.; Figueroa, D.E.; Scenna, L.B.; Barbini, S.A.; Díaz de Astarloa, J.M. (2008). Food habits of the broad nose skate, Bathyraja brachyurops (Chondrichthyes, Rajidae), in the south-west Atlantic. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 72(4): 701-710. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.2008.72n4701
In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, more
Peer reviewed article  

Available in  Authors 

Keywords
Author keywords
    Bathyraja; Argentina; broad nose skate; elasmobranchs; trophic ecology

Authors  Top 
  • Belleggia, M.
  • Mabragaña, E.
  • Figueroa, D.E.
  • Scenna, L.B.
  • Barbini, S.A.
  • Díaz de Astarloa, J.M.

Abstract
    Food habits of Bathyraja brachyurops were studied based on stomach content analyses of 346 specimens collected from research cruises carried out from 2003 to 2005 on the argentinean continental shelf (36°S-55°S). A total of 265 stomachs (76.6%) contained food, and thirty-five taxonomic levels of prey were identified. The most important prey were fishes followed by isopods. Trophic level analysis revealed that B. brachyurops is a tertiary consumer throughout its life history. There were no differences between sexes and regions in the diet composition, but dietary shifts with ontogeny were found. The levins' standardized index indicated wider niche breadth for small skates, whereas larger skate specimens showed a narrow niche breadth with a specialization in fishes.

All data in the Integrated Marine Information System (IMIS) is subject to the VLIZ privacy policy Top | Authors