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[ES] Lampanyctus crocodilus resultó ser una de las especies más frecuentes entre las capturadas en un estudio exhaustivo de la ictiofauna del talud medio e inferior del mar Catalán (Mediterráneo occidental), en el que se utilizó como muestreador un "semi-balloon otter trawl". Todos los ejemplares eran adultos con tallas comprendidas entre 5 y 18 cm. La máxima abundancia se localizó sobre los 1200 m, disminuyendo notablemente a partir de esta profundidad. Asimismo, no se detectaron diferencias entre las capturas diurnas y nocturnas. Estos resultados contrastan con los obtenidos en el talud superior (544-710 m) mediante un arte de arrastre bentónico de tipo comercial, en donde sí se detectaron importantes diferencias entre capturas diurnas y nocturnas. El análisis de la dieta de ejemplares procedentes del talud superior indica el predominio de presas pelágicas y, por otra parte, una actividad depredadora nocturna a una cierta distancia del fondo, en el BBL. Por contra, la dieta en el talud medio e inferior presenta una alta proporción de presas epibentónicas móviles (p. ej. copépodos calanoideos y misidáceos). La menor influencia de la fauna mesopelágica por debajo de los 1000 m parece estar relacionada con este cambio de las preferencias tróficas y explicaría, además, la pérdida de una actividad migradora en los ejemplares adultos de L. crocodilus
[EN] In an extensivesurvey of the middle and lower slope fish fauna of the Catalan Sea (westernMediterranean), the myctophid Lampanyctus crocodilus appeared as acommon species despite using a semi-balloon otter trawl as sampling gear. Allspecimens captured were adults ranging from 5-18 cm. The peak abundance was located around 1200 m, the species becoming notably scarcer below thisdepth. No differences between day and night catches were found. These findingssharply contrast with the results obtained in the upper slope (544-710 m) using a commercial bottom trawl, where there are important differences in daytnight catches. Astudy of the feeding habits of the specimens coming from the upper slope showedboth a marked predominance of pelagic prey and a nocturnal foraging periodcentered in the BBL. The diet of those specimens collected in the middle andlower slope is markedly different, considering the great contribution ofepibenthic mobile prey such as calanoid copepods and mysids. The diminishing influenceof the mesopelagic fauna below 1000 m could be responsible of this change indiet and also may be the cause of the loss of a diel migration habit in adultspecimens of L. crocodilus
This work was supported by the research programs BATIMAR (CSIC-CAICYT, ref. PAC 86-008lID 821), ZONAP (DGICYT, ref. PB90-0166) and PUENTE-89 and PUENTE-90 (CSIC)
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Slope, Western Mediterranean, Lampanyctus crocodilus, Mediterráneo occidental, Comportamiento, Benthopelagic, Behaviour, Bentopelágico, Dieta, Talud, Diet
Slope, Western Mediterranean, Lampanyctus crocodilus, Mediterráneo occidental, Comportamiento, Benthopelagic, Behaviour, Bentopelágico, Dieta, Talud, Diet
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