Resource pulse in shallow waters: characterization of the scavenger community associated with a dolphin carcass
2023
Francescangeli, Marco | Carandell, Matias | Toma, Daniel M. | Martínez, Enoc | Nogueras, Marc | Santín, Andreu | Chatzievangelou, Damianos | Grinyó, Jordi | Robinson, Nathan J. | Navarro, Joan | Aguzzi, Jacopo | Río, Joaquín del | Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
OCEANS 2023, 05-08 June 2023, Limerick.-- 5 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables.-- © 20XX IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works
Show more [+] Less [-]Numerous studies have focused on the scavenger communities that feed on the carcasses of large marine animals, such as whales, in deep-sea habitats. Yet, there are far fewer studies in shallow water ecosystems and especially in the Mediterranean. Here, we performed an artificial cetacean fall in shallow waters in the northwestern Mediterranean. The cetacean carcass was monitored by via 30-min time-lapse photos using a fixed camera. We observed that bony fish were the main scavenger taxa. In addition, different species arrived at different times perhaps reflecting their role as scavengers or active predators
Show more [+] Less [-]We thank the financial support from the Spanish government through the ‘Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence’ accreditation (CEX2019-000928-S)
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