scholarly journals Feeding ecology of two high-order predators from south-eastern Australia: the coastal broadnose and the deepwater sharpnose sevengill sharks

2008 ◽  
Vol 371 ◽  
pp. 273-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
JM Braccini
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
High Order ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The Feeding Ecology of the Dingo. 1. Stomach Contents From Trapping in South-Eastern Australia, and the Non-Target Wildlife Also Caught in Dingo Traps.

1983 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 477 ◽  
Author(s):  
AE Newsome ◽  
LK Corbett ◽  
PC Catling ◽  
RJ Burt
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Canis Familiaris ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Feral Pig ◽  
South Eastern Australia

In stomach contents of 530 dingoes (Canis familiaris dingo) in south east Australia, 89.3% of feed, by occurrence, was large and medium-sized marsupials (Wallabia, Macropus, Pseudocheirus and Trichosurus). Of 26 dingoes with sheep or cattle remains in the stomach, 11 had eaten it as carrion, judging from the presence of maggots, and 5 of those had obtained it from carcasses used as bait for the traps. There was 4% of feral pig, 0.3% of horse and 7.8% of rabbit, which are all regarded as pests. There were 26 species of prey altogether. Of the 25 other species caught in the traps, over 20 were protected wildlife.

Feeding ecology of Macruronus novaezelandiae (Hector) (Teleostei : Merlucciidae) in south-eastern Australia

1986 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 621 ◽  
Author(s):  
CM Bulman ◽  
SJM Blaber
Keyword(s):  
Continental Slope ◽  
Feeding Ecology ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
Bomb Calorimetry ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Diel Vertical Migrations ◽  
Eastern Australia ◽  
Myctophid Fish ◽  
Prey Items ◽  
South Eastern Australia

The diet and feeding ecology of the demersal merlucciid M. novaezelandiae from three areas of the upper continental slope (420-550 m) of south-eastern Australia are described. The food consists almost entirely of mesopelagic fauna. The major prey are myctophid fish Lampanyctodes hectoris, other fishes, natant decapods, euphausiids and squid. Energy values of major prey items were determined by bomb calorimetry. Although euphausiids occur frequently in the diet, fish make up 90% of the energy intake. There is little regional variation. M. novaezelandiae undertakes diel vertical migrations that are similar to those of its prey, bringing it within 50 m of the surface at night. There is a seasonal trend towards cannibalism by adults on juveniles.

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