20.500.12556/DiRROS-19428 An insight into the feeding ecology of Serranus Scriba, a Shallow water mesopredator in the Northern Adriatic Sea, with a non-destructive method Serranus scriba is a common member of the coastal fish community in the Adriatic Sea, but knowledge about its feeding ecology is scarce. The aim of this paper is to present new evidence about its food preferences and feeding habits. An innovative non-destructive method of fecal pellet analysis was used for this study. This method does not require sacrificing specimens and the fish can be released back into the sea alive after the laboratory work. The results demonstrated that S. scriba mainly preys on decapods, followed by polychaetes, isopods, fish, mollusks and swarming shrimps. The calculated index of trophic diversity (ITD) value of 0.89 indicates that it is an opportunistic feeder that feeds on a wide range of different prey. According to the calculated trophic level of 3.43, which is higher than that of other members of the community, S. scriba is also an important piscivorous predator. With age, S. scriba undergoes an ontogenetic shift. The proportion of crustaceans, gastropods and polychaetes decreases with age and body size, while the proportion of fish increases. coastal fishes diet non-destructive method non-lethal method painted comber northern Adriatic Serranus scriba obalne ribe prehranjevalne navade neškodljive metode Severni Adriatik true false true Angleški jezik Latinski jezik Neznano 2024-07-17 03:58:48 2024-07-17 10:13:10 2024-07-18 03:54:02 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2022 0 0 Nasl. z nasl. zaslona; Opis vira z dne 31.8. 2022; Št. članka: 7040210; str. 1-20 iss. 4 Vol. 7 2022 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 0000-00-00 0000-00-00 2022-08-20 59 2410-3888 10.3390/fishes7040210 119689219 https://doi.org/10.3390/fishes7040210 1 57c81741-43cf-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=26794 RAZ_Lokovsek_Ana_2022.pdf RAZ_Lokovsek_Ana_2022.pdf 1 B93865804C1F286E31E4080806754346 690754e0d9e19b107448609342dc4b650179de27ac75d6ffe5ba8c539c5d7531 b5564c76-4403-11ef-b487-001a4af901a5 https://dirros.openscience.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=26821 Nacionalni inštitut za biologijo 0 0 0