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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Oven, L.S., N.F. Shevchenko and S.V. Volodin, 1995
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 10.80 TL
Sample size 23 Percent empty
Country Locality off the coast of Rumania and Bulgaria in the Black Sea, 1987-1992
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
2.30 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
0.80 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults ascidians
1.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults benth. copepods
76.80 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults sprat 15% sprat, 0.8% pipefish, 61% unident. fish
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults isopods
0.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults mysids
17.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
1.00 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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