prey field in the gut of these larvae and its variability through the spawning season
(Fig. 13.17), using the mtCOI gene as a marker. Preliminary results indicate that
larval sardines have opportunistic feeding habits, rather than species-specific selectivity (Yebra et al. 2018).
References
Abad R, Giráldez A (1990) Descripción de la pesca del cerco en la región Surmediterránea. Inf Tec
Inst Esp Oceanogr 86:1–48
Agostini V, Bakun A (2002) “Ocean triads” in the Mediterranean Sea: physical mechanisms
potentially structuring reproductive habitat suitability (with application to European anchovy,
Engraulis encrasicolus). Fish Oceanogr 11(3):129–142
Alemany F, Álvarez I, García A et al (2006) Postflexion larvae and juvenile daily growth patterns of
the Alboran Sea sardine (Sardina pilchardus,): influence of wind. Sci Mar 70S2:93–104
Alemany F, Quintanilla L, Velez-Belchi P et al (2010) Characterization of the spawning habitat of
Atlantic bluefin tuna and related species in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean). Prog
Oceanogr 86(1):21–38
Anderson JT (1988) A review of size dependent survival during pre-recruitment stages of fishes in
relation to recruitment. J Northw Atl Fish Sci 8:55–66
Arin L, Moran XAG, Estrada M (2002) Phytoplankton size distribution and growth rates in the
Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean): short term variability related to mesoscale hydrodynamics. J
Plankton Res 24:1019–1033
Bailey KM, Houde ED (1989) Predation on Eggs and Larvae of Marine Fishes and the Recruitment
Problem. Adv Mar Biol 25:1–83
Bakun A (1996) Patterns in the Ocean: Ocean Processes and Marine Population Dynamics. San
Diego, CA, USA: University of California Sea Grant y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de
Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico 323pp
Balle P (1963) Phytoplancton de la Mer d’Alboran et du Golfe de Cadiz. Council International pour
l’Exploration de la Mer pp 105
Baro J, García Jiménez, T, García García A et al (2014) Estudio integral en zonas de protección
pesquera y marisquera y otras áreas marinas protegidas del litoral andaluz: Estudio previo para
la protección, ordenación y determinación de una reserva de pesca en el área marítima de la
Bahía de Málaga (REMAN-REMALA). Informe Final del Proyecto REMALA, Junta de
Andalucía
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
October
December
Clausocalanus furcatus
Subeucalanus pileatus
Temora stylifera
Unassigned
Fig. 13.17 Variability in
the relative abundance of
prey (OTUs detected by
metabarcoding of mtCOI
gene) in guts of Sardina
pilchardus larvae collected
in Bay of Malaga during
autumn 2013. A shift in the
main prey species (calanoid
copepods) was observed
through the spawning
season
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(Fig. 13.17), using the mtCOI gene as a marker. Preliminary results indicate that
larval sardines have opportunistic feeding habits, rather than species-specific selectivity (Yebra et al. 2018).
References
Abad R, Giráldez A (1990) Descripción de la pesca del cerco en la región Surmediterránea. Inf Tec
Inst Esp Oceanogr 86:1–48
Agostini V, Bakun A (2002) “Ocean triads” in the Mediterranean Sea: physical mechanisms
potentially structuring reproductive habitat suitability (with application to European anchovy,
Engraulis encrasicolus). Fish Oceanogr 11(3):129–142
Alemany F, Álvarez I, García A et al (2006) Postflexion larvae and juvenile daily growth patterns of
the Alboran Sea sardine (Sardina pilchardus,): influence of wind. Sci Mar 70S2:93–104
Alemany F, Quintanilla L, Velez-Belchi P et al (2010) Characterization of the spawning habitat of
Atlantic bluefin tuna and related species in the Balearic Sea (western Mediterranean). Prog
Oceanogr 86(1):21–38
Anderson JT (1988) A review of size dependent survival during pre-recruitment stages of fishes in
relation to recruitment. J Northw Atl Fish Sci 8:55–66
Arin L, Moran XAG, Estrada M (2002) Phytoplankton size distribution and growth rates in the
Alboran Sea (SW Mediterranean): short term variability related to mesoscale hydrodynamics. J
Plankton Res 24:1019–1033
Bailey KM, Houde ED (1989) Predation on Eggs and Larvae of Marine Fishes and the Recruitment
Problem. Adv Mar Biol 25:1–83
Bakun A (1996) Patterns in the Ocean: Ocean Processes and Marine Population Dynamics. San
Diego, CA, USA: University of California Sea Grant y Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas de
Noroeste, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico 323pp
Balle P (1963) Phytoplancton de la Mer d’Alboran et du Golfe de Cadiz. Council International pour
l’Exploration de la Mer pp 105
Baro J, García Jiménez, T, García García A et al (2014) Estudio integral en zonas de protección
pesquera y marisquera y otras áreas marinas protegidas del litoral andaluz: Estudio previo para
la protección, ordenación y determinación de una reserva de pesca en el área marítima de la
Bahía de Málaga (REMAN-REMALA). Informe Final del Proyecto REMALA, Junta de
Andalucía
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
October
December
Clausocalanus furcatus
Subeucalanus pileatus
Temora stylifera
Unassigned
Fig. 13.17 Variability in
the relative abundance of
prey (OTUs detected by
metabarcoding of mtCOI
gene) in guts of Sardina
pilchardus larvae collected
in Bay of Malaga during
autumn 2013. A shift in the
main prey species (calanoid
copepods) was observed
through the spawning
season
13 Evolving from Fry Fisheries to Early Life Research on Pelagic Fish Resources
513