Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gasterosteus aculeatus
 
Main Ref. Maksimenkov, V.V. and A.M. Tokranov, 1995
Fish stage adults Mean length 7.50 TL
Sample size 209 Percent empty
Country Russia Locality Bol'shaya River Estuary, 1990-1992
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gasterosteus aculeatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
17.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammaridea Gammaridea
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Echinocamptus sp. Echinocamptus sp.
1.60 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish eggs
6.30 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae 3.3% Chironomid larvae & pupae, 0.9% Plecoptera larvae, 0.4% Ephemeroptera larvae, 0.7% other insect larvae, 1% Insecta (imago)
54.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis mercedis 53.2% Neomysis mercedis
8.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Cumacea Cumacea
0.60 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematodae
1.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Eurytemora kurenkovi Eurytemora kurenkovi
8.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa Crangon septemspinosa
1.50 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others plants
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