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Feeding plasticity of the Antarctic fish Trematomus hansoni Boulenger, 1902 (Pisces: Nototheniidae): the influence of fishery waste on the diet

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The consumption of fishery waste by the Antarctic bottom-dwelling fish, Trematomus hansoni, is described in the Cosmonaut Sea. The study indicates that T. hansoni is able to switch its feeding habits at the time of fishery operations by incorporating fishery waste into the diet.

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  1. Southern Ocean Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, P.O. Box 94, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa Fax: 0461 24377; e-mail: zoep@warthog.ru.ac.za, , , , , , ZA

    E. A. Pakhomov

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Received: 22 September 1997 / Accepted: 21 November 1997

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Pakhomov, E. Feeding plasticity of the Antarctic fish Trematomus hansoni Boulenger, 1902 (Pisces: Nototheniidae): the influence of fishery waste on the diet. Polar Biol 19, 289–292 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003000050248

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