Predation of a sand-dwelling mysid crustacean Gastrosaccus sanctus by plover birds (Charadriidae) |
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| Authors: | SH. Moran L. Fishelson |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel;(2) Present address: Plant Protection Department, Ministry of Agriculture, P.O. Box 15030, Jaffo, Israel |
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The plovers Charadrius hiaticula and C. alexandrinus feed on the mysid shrimp Gastrosaccus sanctus (van Beneden, 1861). They hunt at random along the sandy seashore, on the sites of the densest mysid population, regardless of the size of the mysids. |
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