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Diel fluctuations of shallow-water fish assemblage in Prapratna Bay (Southern Adriatic, Croatia)

The shallow-water fish assemblage from Prapratna Bay was sampled with a small beach seine at 4-h intervals over 24-h periods between April 2003 and March 2004. A total of 51802 individuals from 58 species (55983, 27g) were cught. The dominant species (Boops boops, Atherina boyeri, Sardina pilchardus and Sarpa salpa) were caught in consistently higher numbers and biomass in different times of the diel period. At the assemblage level, generally more species were caught during daytime whereas a large number of individuals and biomass were caught during night.

diel fluctuation; fish assemblage; bay of Prapratna

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