Contents. 1  Inflammatory joint effusion AND Stiff hip: Causes of All Symptoms. 2  Inflammatory joint effusion OR Stiff hip: Causes of Any Symptom. 3  Inflammatory joint effusion: Causes. 4  Inflammatory joint effusion: Introduction. 5  Stiff hip: Causes. 6  Stiff hip: Introduction.
Sardines are an important part of the food chain. Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images. Sardines live in large schools that may contain thousands of fish. They typically feed on plankton and are close to the bottom of the food chain; many different kinds of predators eat sardines, including humans.
In the United States, sardines actually refers to a small herring, and adult sardines are known as pilchards, a name that is commonly used in other parts of the world. Sardines are abundant in the seas of the Atlantic, Pacific and Mediterranean with Spain, Portugal, France, and Norway being the leading producers of canned sardines. History