Garcia-Rodriguez et al.: Ontogenetic shifts and feeding strategies of Gadiformes in the Mediterranean Sea 63 
and Cartes et al. (2009) for studies in the western Medi- 
terranean Sea, as well as in nearby regions of the Atlantic 
Ocean (Torres et al., 2013; Lopez-L6pez et al., 2015). 
Acknowledgments 
The authors express their gratitude to all the people who 
worked on surveys of the MEDITS program. Data collec- 
tion was co-funded by the European Union (EU) through 
the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund within the 
national program for the collection, management, and use 
of data in the fisheries sector and support for scientific 
advice regarding the EU Common Fisheries Policy. 
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