Collected reprints: Abstract 3290

Collected reprints

Abstract

Nierynck, E.; Redant, F. (1983). Caridean shrimps in the food of demersal fish off the Belgian coast : 3. Pleuronectiformes. ICES Shellfish Commitee, C.M. 20: 1-9

The report provides information on the importance of Caridean shrimps in the food of Limanda limanda (dab), Platichthys flesus (flounder) and Pleuronectes platessa (plaice) in the Belgian coastal waters, and gives some biometrical data related to stomach content and composition. The predation mortality of post-larval brown shrimp, Crangon crangon, caused by Pleuronectiform fishes is estimated and compared to the predation mortality caused by Gadiforms and Perciforms. The results show that shrimp is only a minor food component for Pleuronectiform fishes and that the predation mortality of brown shrimp caused by these fish species can be neglected.

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