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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Alosa aestivalis
 
Main Ref. Davis, B.M. and J.W. Foltz, 1991
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 21.20 TL
Sample size 30 Percent empty
Country USA Locality Jocassee Reservoir, South Carolina (1982)
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Alosa aestivalis
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
26.00 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. bony fish
9.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Leptodora kindtii Leptodora kindtii
62.00 % zoobenthos insects insects n.a./others Chaoborus punctipennis Chaoborus punctipennis
2.00 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates n.a./others Cladocerans Cladocerans, copepods, insects, annelids, & ostracods
0.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Mesocyclops edax Mesocyclops edax
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