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 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
72.48 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Norway pout 1.44% Cod, 13.80% Haddock, 2.94% Whiting, 18.33% Norway pout, 13.25% Herring, 0.47% Sandeels, 1.20% Plaice, 0.19% Sole, 5.58% Dab, 2.52% Mackerel, 3.19% Long rough dab, 3.19% Dragonets, 6.38% unidentified Gobies
0.15 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
8.69 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
18.05 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 0.29% Crangonidae, 0.02% Other Caridea, 12.14% Nephrops, 0.30% Anomura, 0.15% Oxyrhyncha, 0.90% Cancridea, 4.25% Brachyrhyncha
0.46 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.18 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.02% Gastropoda, 0.02% Bivalvia, 0.14% Cephalopoda
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