Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 35.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 3
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
69.73 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Norway pout 1.51% Cod, 11.76% Haddock, 2.99% Whiting, 20.65% Norway pout, 13.51% Herring, 0.03% Sprat, 0.76% Sandeels, 0.16% Sole, 0.02% Lemon sole, 5.82% Dab, 2.12% Mackerel, 2.60% Long rough dab, 2.59% Dragonets, 5.21% unidentified Gobies
1.09 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
9.03 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
19.34 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 0.29% Crangonidae, 0.04% Other Caridea, 12.50% Nephrops, 0.48% Anomura, 0.33% Oxyrhyncha, 1.31% Cancridea, 4.39% Brachyrhyncha
0.55 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.25 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.03% Gastropoda, 0.14% Cephalopoda
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