The history of Earth's biodiversity is punctuated episodically by mass extinctions. These are
characterized by major declines of taxon richness, but the accompanying ecological …

Current understanding of cephalopod digestive tract physiology is based on relatively “old”
literature and a “mosaic of data” from multiple species. To provide a background to the …

Tub gurnard, Chelidonichthys lucerna (Linnaeus, 1758), is a Mediterranean-Atlantic benthic
species usually captured as by-catch by Portuguese traditional fisheries and considered the …

Beaks are among the few hard parts of coleoid cephalopods and are informative for species
identification. Although mandible shape has been shown to be adaptive in many vertebrate …

The settlement phase is a challenging period for meropelagic octopus, as they adapt to their
new life in the sea bottom after a planktonic period. Their ecology and trophic interactions …

To obtain a better understanding of the functioning of ecosystems and how they respond to
disturbance, it is necessary to identify the relevant biotic interactions and specific trophic …

Marine trophodynamic studies have been developed mainly through the evaluation of
stomach contents. However, these studies only reflect the feeding of a few days, showing a" …

Stable isotopes are a useful tool for understanding diet and migration in squid, which often
play an important role in marine food webs. The Patagonian long-finned squid fishery …

During an experiment of Octopus maya fishing with baited lines during 2012 and 2013 off
Lerma, Campeche, Mexico, 307 octopuses (18.3% of all sampled) shown recently caught …

The shape of sagitta otoliths was used to compare individuals of little tunny (Euthynnus
alleteratus) harvested on board commercial fishing vessels from the coastal areas along the …