The fish utilize food sources naturally present in the waters, including freshwater shrimp, benthic invertebrates, snails and insects.
The research is focused on carrying out the majority of the measurements in-situ using benthic landers.
The benthic foraminiferal assemblage identified indicates a low oxygen environment with high organic detritus accumulation.
The diets were dominated by pelagic and benthopelagic prey and relatively little use was made of the benthic biota.
Our work will contribute to the modeling work of the MESH project by helping to define the physical environmental conditions that support benthic biotopes.
