Euphausiid Predation on Larval Anchovy at Two Contrasting Sites off California Determined with an Elispot Immunoassay
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Evidence supporting the occurrence of starving larval fish in the ocean was mainly circumstantial (May, 1974; Jones and Hall, 1974: Lasker, 1975) until recently, when the presence of starving ocean-caught larval northern anchovy, Engraulis mordax, was documented using histological criteria (O'Connell, 1980). Subsequently, using similar criteria, Theilacker (1986) quantified starvation-induced mortality for ocean-caught larval jack mackerel, Trachurus synnnetricus, and showed that starvation was a significant source of mortality for first-feeding fish.
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