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Feeding and food intake of Electrona carlsbergi (Tåning) (Myctophidae)

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Document Number:
WG-FSA-90/18
Author(s):
O.V. Gerasimova (USSR)
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Abstract

In the summer-autumn period E. carlsbergi fed mainly on copepods. Daily food intake measured using various methods ranged from 3.7 to 5.6 % of fish body weight. The amount of food consumed by E. carlsbergi during the year in the southern regions of the Antarctic Convergence is about 15 times its own weight.