The Feeding Ecology of the Blue Swimming Crab, Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758) at Kung Krabaen Bay, Chanthaburi Province, Thailand

The natural diet of blue swimming crab, Portunus pelagicus, was investigated from October 2008 to October 2009 using hand sampling and a crab gill net. The results showed that the major prey items in the stomach contents of P. pelagicus were teleost fish (29.61%), organic matter (20.69%), ...