Food items reported for Sparus aurata
n = 57
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris unidentified Italy recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified squids Australia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified pilchard Australia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified anchovies Australia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Syngnathus sp. France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified pipefish Australia juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unidentified sand flathead Australia juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unidentified algae France juv./adults
plants phytoplankton n.a./other phytoplankton microalgae Italy recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified amphipods Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Corophium sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified corophiides France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Gammarus locusta France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Scopelocheirus hopei France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods Harpacticoida Italy recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified anomurans France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs unidentified Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Portunus sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Upogebia sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Idotea sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unidentified Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans cumaceans Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unidentified France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods Cypridina sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unidentified ostracods Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos insects insects midge larvae France juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Ensis sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unidentified butterfly shell Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unidentified mussels Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves unidentified scallops Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks gastropods unidentified bubble shell gastropods Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi unidentified Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians unidentified sea squirts Australia juv./adults
zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids unidentified France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Ophryotrocha sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Flabelligera affinis France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Flabelligera affinis France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Nereis sp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified phyllodocids France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes polychaete worms Italy recruits/juv.
zoobenthos worms polychaetes unidentified worms Portugal juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Lanice conchilega France juv./adults
zoobenthos worms polychaetes Lanice conchilega France juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae unidentified fish eggs Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae unidentified fish larvae Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates annelids larvae France juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates polychaete larvae Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates Rotatoria Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. Invertebrates unidentified salps Australia juv./adults
zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates unidentified eggs Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans unidentified Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unidentified mysids Portugal juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Cirripedia larvae Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanoida Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Cyclopoida Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods copepod nauplii Italy recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified Copepoda Italy recruits/juv.
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