| Titre : | Planktonic cnidarian distribution and feeding of Pelagia noctiluca in the NW Mediterranean Sea |
| Auteurs : | Ana Sabates, Auteur ; Francesc Pages, Auteur ; Dacha Atienza, Auteur ; Veronica Fuentes, Auteur ; Jennifer E. Purcell, Auteur ; Josep-Maria Gili, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Hydrobiologia (645(1) MAY 2010) |
| Article en page(s) : | 153-165 |
| Résumé : | Pelagic cnidarians are important consumers of zooplankton and ichthyoplankton in the world's oceans, and thus harm fisheries as competitors and predators of fish. This study examined the inshore-offshore distribution of pelagic cnidarians and the trophic ecology of Pelagia noctiluca ephyrae ( 12 mm) the number of prey increased with medusa size rather than the size of the larvae. The temporal and spatial co-occurrence of P. noctiluca with early life stages of fish suggests that P. noctiluca may be an important predator on summer ichthyoplankton. |



