Food items reported for Sterna forsteri
n = 51
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo USA adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex USA adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Kondakovia longimana USA adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Teuthida USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Solea (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes americanus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes hexapterus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes marinus USA 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 Clupea harengus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus teres USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Etrumeus whiteheadi USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardina pilchardus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinops sagax USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sprattus sprattus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis anchoita USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis australis USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis capensis USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis japonicus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis mordax USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis ringens USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Exocoetidae (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Boreogadus saida USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Eleginus gracilis USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadus macrocephalus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadus morhua USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micromesistius australis USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micromesistius poutassou USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollachius virens USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleurogrammus azonus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleurogrammus monopterygius USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Macruronus magellanicus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Macruronus novaezelandiae USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudophycis bachus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mallotus villosus USA adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleuronectidae (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Reinhardtius hippoglossoides (not available) adults
nekton finfish n.a./other finfish unspecified fishes USA juv./adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Clupea pallasii USA adults
zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae Theragra chalcogramma USA adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Brachyura USA adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Shrimps, prawns USA adults
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