Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 1
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gadus morhua
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
74.34 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 3.08% Cod, 8.71% Haddock, 21.49% Whiting, 4.62% Norway pout, 5.44% Herring, 4.83% Sprat, 12.53% Sandeels, 0.16% Plaice, 0.06% Sole, 0.03% Lemon sole, 7.32% Dab, 1.52% Long rough dab, 1.52% Dragonets, 3.03% unidentified Gobies
5.02 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
16.47 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyrhyncha 0.55% Crangonidae, 1.00% Other Caridea, 1.80% Nephrops, 3.15% Anomura, 0.01% Oxystomata, 0.66% Oxyrhyncha, 1.07% Cancridea, 8.23% Brachyrhyncha
0.95 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
2.35 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 0.49% Gastropoda, 1.03% Bivalvia, 0.83% Cephalopoda
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.55 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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