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(~0.2 m−3)
na = not available
a Calculated from data in source.
b Mixed species or unidentified.
c Pacific herring.
d Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus Linnaeus.
e Bay anchovy.
Table 3.3 Summary of data on stomach contents of field‐caught Scyphomedusae.
Source: Adapted from Arai (1997), table 3.2 (pp. 69–71).
Species (size range if available) | Common prey items (in order of predominance) | Source/references |
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Aurelia aurita (2.5–150 mm) | Copepods, herring, hydromedusae, crustacea, tintinnids, cladocera, rotifers (in small Aurelia) | Matsakis and Conover (1991), Mironov (1967), Möller (1980), Olesen et al. (1994) |
Aurelia aurita (80–300 mm) | Copepods, veligers | Hamner et al. (1982), Kerstan (1977) |
Chysaora quinquecirrha (<6 mm) | Protozoa and rotifers | Purcell (1992) |
Chysaora quinquecirrha (18 to >31 mm) | Copepods, fish eggs | Purcell (1992), Purcell et al. (1994b) |
Cyanea capillata (40–700 mm) | Fish larvae, ctenophores, hydromedusae | Plotnikova (1961) |
Cyanea capillata | Larvacea, cladocera, fish eggs, fish larvae, copepods | Fancett (1988) |
Drymonema dalmatinum
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