Food and Feeding Habits Summary Clupea harengus
 
Main Ref. Prokopchuk, I., 2009
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length none
Sample size 231 Percent empty
Country Locality
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Clupea harengus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Podon leuckarti
4.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica
8.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Unspecified Euphausiacea spp.
10.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa inermis
18.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids larvae Unspecified Euphausiacea larvae
1.10 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Unspeciied Pisces larvae
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods recruits/juv. Unspecified Gastropoda juv.
1.00 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Limacina retroversa
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Unspecified Chaetognatha g. spp.
0.30 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Oikopleura sp.
1.90 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Unspecified Bivalvia larvae
4.60 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates larvae Unspecified Cirripedia larvae
3.00 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Unspecied animal remainders
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Evadne nordmanni
0.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Pseudocalanus sp.
0.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Acartia sp.
0.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Metridia spp.
3.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oithona similis
6.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Temora longicornis
33.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus finmarchicus
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