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Feeding of Scorpaena porcus (Scorpaenidae) in intertidal rock pools in the Gulf of Cadiz (NE Atlantic)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 February 2017

Jesus C. Compaire Open the ORCID record for Jesus C. Compaire [Opens in a new window] ,
Pau Casademont ,
Remedios Cabrera ,
Carmen Gómez-Cama  and
Milagrosa C. Soriguer
Jesus C. Compaire*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Edificio CASEM, Avenida Republica Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
Pau Casademont
Affiliation:
Departamento de Ingenieria Quimica y Tecnologia de los Alimentos, Facultad de Ciencias, Avenida Republica Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
Remedios Cabrera
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Edificio CASEM, Avenida Republica Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
Carmen Gómez-Cama
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Edificio CASEM, Avenida Republica Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
Milagrosa C. Soriguer
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Edificio CASEM, Avenida Republica Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: J.C. Compaire, Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Edificio CASEM, Avenida Republica Saharaui s/n, 11510 Puerto Real, Cadiz, Spain email: jesus.canocompaire@uca.es
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Abstract

The present work on the feeding ecology of Scorpaena porcus according to season, sex and size, is the first study carried out in the rocky intertidal in the NE Atlantic. Previous studies were carried out with fish collected in fishing grounds from Mediterranean areas. A total of 106 fish were caught in monthly samplings from April 2008 to July 2010 in three areas of the rocky intertidal zone in the Gulf of Cadiz. The diet composition varied with season, size and sex. Shrimps were the main diet resource during all year, but other prey were also important depending on the season. As the size of fish increased, predation on smaller crustaceans decreased and consumption of larger crustaceans and fish augmented. Females and males based their diet on shrimps, while indeterminate fish fed largely on amphipods. No significant differences were found between feeding intensity and season, size and sex. Nevertheless, the PERMANOVA results showed that the number of prey is affected by the interaction between sex and size class. Our results highlight that S. porcus is a stenophagic species that shows a gradual segregation in the use of resources as it grows, which indicates there is no intraspecific competition in the rocky intertidal.

Keywords

Scorpaena porcusblack scorpionfishfeeding activityrocky intertidalAtlantic coast
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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 98 , Issue 4 , June 2018 , pp. 845 - 853
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2017 

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