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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Bromley, P.J., T. Watson and J.R.G. Hislop, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 3.30 TL
Sample size 388 Percent empty
Country UK Scotland Locality 60 miles southeast of Lerwick in the Shetland Is.
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
19.31 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Merlangius merlangus 2.87% Merlangius merlangus, 2.57% Gadidae, 0.2% sandeels, 0.1% Pollachius virens, 0.1% Trisopterus esmarkii, 0.1% Callionymus spp.
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
0.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Decapod Decapod larvae
2.87 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Hypriid amphipods Hyprid amphipods
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Nematoda Nematoda
76.44 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus finmarchicus Calanus finmarchicus, other Copepoda
0.69 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods larvae plank. copepods
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