scholarly journals Description of diet of pelagic fish in the southwestern Atlantic, Brazil

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guilherme Rossi Gorni ◽  
Roberto Goitein ◽  
Alberto Ferreira de Amorim
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Food Composition ◽  
Thunnus Albacares ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Main Food ◽  
Top Predators ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Food Fish ◽  
Main Food Item

This study reveals the food composition of pelagic fishes living in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. As such more common pelagic species are considered to be top predators, the study proposes to know what constitutes their main food. Fish are not commonly found within their stomach contents, but instead, cephalopods are their most common food. As can be observed, Teuthida cephalopods compose their principal diet. The stomach contents of specimens of Xiphias gladius, Thunnus albacares, T. obesus, T. alalunga, Isurus oxyrinchus and Alopias superciliosus caught during July 2007 to June 2009 by using tuna longliners were studied. Teuthida cephalopods constitute the main food item for the three tuna species, while X. gladius feeds mainly on Ommastrephidae cephalopods. Though the differences among the kinds of cephalopods exist, they constitute the principal resource these fish use to live at least in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

Population structure and ontogenetic habitat use of Micropogonias furnieri in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean inferred by otolith chemistry

2021 ◽  
Vol 240 ◽  
pp. 105953
Author(s):  
Esteban Avigliano ◽  
Nadia M. Alves ◽  
M. Rita Rico ◽  
Claudio O. Ruarte ◽  
Luciana D’Atri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Population Structure ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Otolith Chemistry ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Micropogonias Furnieri

scholarly journals Abundance and demography of bottlenose dolphins inhabiting a subtropical estuary in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

2015 ◽  
Vol 96 (2) ◽  
pp. 332-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro F. Fruet ◽  
Fábio G. Daura-Jorge ◽  
Luciana M. Möller ◽  
Rodrigo Cezar Genoves ◽  
Eduardo R. Secchi
Keyword(s):  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Bottlenose Dolphins ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Subtropical Estuary

Taxonomy of the genus Thyonella (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida), with mention of the first record of T. sabanillaensis from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4527 (1) ◽  
pp. 75
Author(s):  
LUCIANA MARTINS
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Ocean ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
First Record ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Sem Analysis ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Internal Morphology ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
The Pacific Ocean

The genus Thyonella currently comprises four species which occur in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Thyonella mexicana is the only species known to occur in the Pacific Ocean. The main morphological characters used to distinguish Thyonella species are their dermal ossicles. Since the differences among these characters are subtle, this contribution provides a detailed description and comparison of the ossicle assemblage of the concerned taxa. In addition, description of the internal morphology of three of the concerned species is also provided. Further, this study reports on the first record of Thyonella sabanillaensis for the Southwestern Atlantic. A worldwide revision of the distributional records of Thyonella species is presented and their taxonomy is discussed, concluding that some traditional taxonomic characters should be used cautiously. A brief discussion about the importance of SEM analysis is also provided. 

Tissue distribution of heavy metals in small cetaceans from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

1990 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 299-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jorge E. Marcovecchio ◽  
Víctor J. Moreno ◽  
Ricardo O. Bastida ◽  
Marcela S. Gerpe ◽  
Diego H. Rodríguez
Keyword(s):  
Heavy Metals ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Tissue Distribution ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean

Two new species of Sclerothyone from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to genera and species of Sclerothyoninae (Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Sclerodactylidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4658 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-382
Author(s):  
LUCIANA MARTINS ◽  
MARCOS TAVARES
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
South African ◽  
Body Wall ◽  
Circular Disc ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
African Species ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
Tube Feet

Sclerothyone Thandar, 1989, currently restricted to two South African species, is here expanded to include two new species from off coast of Brazil. These new species expand the distribution of the genus to the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. Sclerothyone reichi sp. nov. is characterized by having body wall with multilocular two pillared tables with multiperforate disc and short spire, ending in a narrow crown of teeth; tentacles with rods and introvert with two pillared tables and rosettes; tube feet with only end plates. Sclerothyone oloughlini sp. nov. is distinctive in having a body wall with multilocular, two pillared tables; handles present and multilocular two-pillared tables; circular disc without handle; and plates (near the anus). The new species resemble each other in the tentacles with rods. However, Sclerothyone oloughlini sp. nov. stands apart from S. reichi sp. nov. in the introvert with rosettes; tube feet with two pillared supporting tables, arched plates and end plates. The possible assignment of Cucumaria nozawai Mitsukuri, 1912 and Thyone adinopoda Pawson & Miller, 1981 to Sclerothyone, and the position of Thyone neofusus Deichmann, 1941 in Temparena Thandar, 1989, are briefly discussed. A key to all genera and species of Sclerodactylinae is provided.

Description of three new species of Ampelisca (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampeliscidae) from Southwestern Atlantic, with a key of the genus for Brazilian species

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1626 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA TERESA VALÉRIO-BERARDO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Continental Shelf ◽  
Benthic Communities ◽  
Brazilian Coast ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Soft Bottom ◽  
Brazilian Species ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
Three New Species

Ampelisca species are inhabitant of soft bottom marine benthic communities of tropical to cold – temperate zones. Prior to this paper, 11 species of the genus were recognized from Brazilian coast. Three new species of Ampelisca are herein described: Ampelisca longipropoda, Ampelisca meridionalis and Ampelisca youngi. The specimens were dredged from the continental shelf of Southwestern Atlantic Ocean between the latitudes 22°06’S and 34°32’S. A key to the Ampelisca species of the Brazilian coast is provided.

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