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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 90 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, 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 Merlangius merlangus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
92.42 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sprattus sprattus 44.66% Sprattus sprattus, 16.39% Clupea harengus, 16.39% Melanogrammus aeglefinus, 5.62% Trisopterus esmarki, 4.51% Merlangius merlangus, 3.32% Ammodytidae, 0.29% Scomber scombrus
2.21 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.98 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 0.93% Annelida, incl. 0.05% Echiura
4.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura 1.97% Brachyura, 0.23% Caridea, 0.33% Anomura, ,0.06% Amphipoda, 0.05% Isopoda, 0.04% Macrura, 0.03% Cumacea, 1.35% unid. Crustaceans
0.27 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.23% Cephalopoda, 0.04% unid. Mollusks
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