SEASONAL AND ONTOGENIC VARIATIONS ON THE FEEDING NATURAL OF CALLINECTES-DANAE SMITH, 1869 (DECAPODA, PORTUNIDAE) FROM LAGOA-DA-CONCEICAO, FLORIANOPOLIS, SC, BRAZIL

Authors
BRANCO JO
Citation
Jo. Branco, SEASONAL AND ONTOGENIC VARIATIONS ON THE FEEDING NATURAL OF CALLINECTES-DANAE SMITH, 1869 (DECAPODA, PORTUNIDAE) FROM LAGOA-DA-CONCEICAO, FLORIANOPOLIS, SC, BRAZIL, Arquivos de biologia e tecnologia, 39(4), 1996, pp. 999-1012
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Arquivos de biologia e tecnologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
03650979
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
999 - 1012
Database
ISI
SICI code
0365-0979(1996)39:4<999:SAOVOT>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
The diet of Callinectes danae from Lagoa da Conceicao were examined fo r seasonal and ontogenetic variations. A total of 456 males and 527 fe males were caught. The diet of the species was not sex related. The tr ophic spectrum of C. danae is composed by 35 items were assembled in 1 4 categories. Seasonal and ontogenetic variations in the species was d etermined by the availability and capacity of capturing prey in the ar ea.