Diet of the squid Moroteuthis ingens (Teuthoidea : Onychoteuthidae) in the upper slope waters of the Kerguelen Islands

TitleDiet of the squid Moroteuthis ingens (Teuthoidea : Onychoteuthidae) in the upper slope waters of the Kerguelen Islands
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsCherel, Y, Duhamel, G
JournalMarine Ecology-Progress Series
Volume250
Pagination197–203
ISSN0171-8630
Abstract

The diet of the onychoteuthid squid Moroteuthis ingens was investigated through stomach content analyses of 72 individuals collected aboard a trawler targeting Patagonian toothfish Dissostichus eleginoides in the upper slope waters of the Kerguelen Archipelago. M. ingens is primarily piscivorous (67% by number and 87 % by reconstituted mass), although the diet also includes squids (12 and 12%, respectively) and crustaceans (21 and

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DOI10.3354/meps250197