Main Ref. | Platell, M.E., I.C. Potter and K.R. Clarke, 1998 | ||
Fish stage | recruits/juv. | Mean length | 15.90 TL |
Sample size | 382 | Percent empty | |
Country | Australia | Locality | |
Period |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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10.65 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | bivalves | juv./adults | bivalves | 8.8% bivalves, 0.2% gastropods, 0.7% cephalopods. |
3.18 % | nekton | finfish | bony fish | juv./adults | Teleosts | 2.9% Teleosts |
72.20 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | n.a./other benth. crustaceans | juv./adults | Tanaids | 0.3% Ostracods, 4.2% Cumaceans, 9.2% Tanaids, 5.6% Mysids, 8% Gammarid amphipods, 0.5% Caprellid amphipods, 0.5% Valviferan isopods, 6.8% Flabelliferan isopods, 1.1% Penaeid decapods, 3% Carid decapods, 11% Brachyuran crabs, 15.5% unidentifiable. |
0.87 % | plants | phytoplankton | n.a./other phytoplankton | n.a./others | Algae | Algae |
11.20 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | Pectinariids | 3.9% Pectinariids, 3.4% Onuphids, 2.9% other polychaetes. |
1.87 % | zoobenthos | echinoderms | sea stars/brittle stars | juv./adults | Ophiuroids | 1.4% Ophiuroids, 0.3% Echinoids. |