Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 40.00 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
87.28 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Whiting 10.92% Cod, 20.05% Haddock, 29.68% Whiting, 3.16% Norway pout, 2.45% Herring, 2.76% Sprat, 0.69% Sandeels, 1.25% Plaice, 0.46% Sole, 0.54% Lemon sole, 8.33% Dab, 1.75% Long rough dab, 1.75% Dragonets, 3.49% unidentified Gobies
2.26 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
9.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 0.20% Crangonidae, 0.24% Other Caridea, 3.76% Nephrops, 0.96% Anomura, 0.08% Oxyrhyncha, 0.96% Cancridea, 2.86% Brachyrhyncha
0.26 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.98 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.32% Gastropoda, 0.18% Bivalvia, 0.48% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura
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