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Diet composition, feeding rhythms, gastric evacuation rates, daily rations of Diplodus puntazzo (Gmelin 1789) and Sarpa salpa (Linneo 1758) juveniles were studied in order to investigate their trophic ecology, ni...
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A particularly large number of specimens of the Mediterranean coastal fish Opeatogenys gracilis (Canestrini 1864) (Pisces: Gobiesocidae) were collected from Posidonia oceanica mats of the “Stagnone di Marsala” so...
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In order to assess seasonal and spatial changes in water-sediment interaction processes in a semi-enclosed marine system of Western Sicily (Marsala lagoon; W-Mediterranean), the biochemical composition of susp...
