Food items reported for Engraulis mordax
n = 38
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris organic matter Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Biddulphia sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus curvatalus Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus marginatus Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Coscinodiscus sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Asterionella sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Thalassionema sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Thalassiothrix sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Navicula sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Nitzschia sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Pleurosigma sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Rhizosolenia sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Skeletonema sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Surirella fastuosa Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton diatoms Thalassiosira sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Ceratium sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Dinophysis recurva Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Dinophysis sp. Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Dinophysis tripos Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Peridinium divergentia Mexico juv./adults
plants phytoplankton dinoflagellates Prorocentrum sp. Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified amphipods Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified crustaceans Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods Bythocypris sp. Mexico juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified naticid gastropods Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Engraulis mordax Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae unidentified ichthyoplankton Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified polychaete larvae Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Cenosphaera sp. Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Spongontrochus sp. Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified tintinids Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified euphausiids Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unidentified mysids Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans unidentified Canada juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified calanoid copepods Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified eucalanid copepods Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified metritid copepods Mexico juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified Canada juv./adults
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