Food items reported for Sterna elegans
n = 24
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Kondakovia longimana (not available) adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthida (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atherinidae (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Decapterus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus declivis (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus mediterraneus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus symmetricus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus trachurus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis anchoita (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis australis (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis capensis (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis japonicus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis mordax (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis ringens (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Exocoetidae (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleuronectidae (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Solea (not available) adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Brachyura (not available) adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Shrimps, prawns (not available) adults
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