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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 27.50 TL
Sample size 1329 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1980, Quarter 2
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
74.28 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytidae 61.97% Ammodytidae, 7.4%Trisopterus esmarki 2.27%Sprattus sprattus 0.84%Clupea harengus 0.54%Merlangius merlangus 0.42%Melanogrammus aeglefinus 0.3%Gadus morhua
19.34 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea 18.34% Euphausicea, 0.09% Copepoda, 0.01% Mysida
2.01 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 2.01% Annelida
2.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Amphipoda 1.32% Amphipoda, 1.06% Caridea, 0.12% Isopoda, 0.08% Macrura, 0.08% Brachyura, 0.04% Anomura, 1.15% unid. crustaceans
0.76 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata Urochordata
1.12 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.07% Gastropoda, 0.05% Bivalvia
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