Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 50.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 2
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
61.94 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Whiting 2.19% Cod, 1.91% Haddock, 16.54% Whiting, 1.5% Norway pout, 1.99% Herring, 2.29% Sprat, 2.77% Sandeels, 1.57% Plaice, 8.59% Dab, 5.65% Long rough dab, 5.65% Dragonets, 11.29% unidentified Gobies
3.12 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
5.83 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
28.94 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 0.02% Crangonidae, 0.16% Other Caridea, 18.78% Nephrops, 0.09% Anomura, 0.03% Oxyrhyncha, 7.51% Cancridea, 2.35% Brachyrhyncha
0.15 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.01% Gastropoda, 0.14% Cephalopoda
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