Author : I. N. Moukhametov
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (265 download)
Book Synopsis Diet of Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus Stenolepis) in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean by : I. N. Moukhametov
Download or read book Diet of Pacific Halibut (Hippoglossus Stenolepis) in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean written by I. N. Moukhametov and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diet of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) inhabiting the western Bering Sea, the Pacific Ocean waters off the northern Kuril Islands, southeastern Kamchatka, and the waters around the southern Kuril Islands was examined. The diet of the species consisted mostly of fishes, cephalopods, and smaller invertebrates. Consumption of fishery offal by Pacific halibut in the western Bering Sea was associated with major commercial fisheries in this area. We examined the diet of the species among study areas, depths, and sexes and found that the ontogenetic and bathymetric trends in the transition of prey noted elsewhere, from smaller invertebrates to fishes and larger cephalopods, also appear in the western Pacific Ocean. Differences in diet among areas mainly reflect faunistic differences in available prey and the presence of commercial fish processing operations.