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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 22.50 TL
Sample size 1389 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
0.16 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Urochordata Urochordata
86.12 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupea harengus 29.24% Clupea harengus, 17.32% Melanogrammus aeglefinus, 8.35% Trisopterus esmarki, 7.74% Sprattus sprattus, 6.68% Merlnagius merlangus
4.94 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.28 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults gastropods
2.84 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 2.78% Annelida, incl. 0.06% Echiura
5.36 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyura 1.63% Brachyura, 0.34% Caridea, 0.22% Anomura, 0.12% Macrura, 0.06% Isopoda, 0.02% Cumacea
0.19 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other cephalopods juv./adults molluscs 0.17% unid. Mollusks, 0.02% Cephalopoda
0.15 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
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