Food and Feeding Habits Summary Salmo salar
 
Main Ref. Keeley, E.R. and J.W.A. Grant, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 8.70 FL
Sample size 46 Percent empty
Country Canada Locality Catamaran Brook, New Brunswick, 15 June-1 Sept 1992.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Salmo salar
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
1.70 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Simuliidae Diptera (Simuliidae)
5.10 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Coleoptera Coleoptera
7.00 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Trichoptera Trichoptera
7.40 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Ephemeroptera Ephemeroptera
19.60 % zoobenthos insects insects adults Diptera Diptera adults and pupae
58.20 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae Chironomidae larvae
0.40 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. crustaceans n.a./others Hydracarina Hydracarina
0.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
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