Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 32.50 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 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 Gadus morhua
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.43 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gobies unidentified Gobies
51.72 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 4.04% Cod, 5.48% Haddock, 6.34% Whiting, 4.23% Norway pout, 2.48% Herring, 1.98% Sprat, 11.55% Sandeels, 0.14% Plaice, 0.04% Sole, 10.02% Dab, 2.71% Long rough dab, 2.71% Dragonets
6.92 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
4.30 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
29.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Cancridea 0.05% Crangonidae, 0.44% other Caridea, 6.63% Nephrops, 1.92% Anomura, 0.97% Oxyrhyncha, 13.07% Cancridea, 5.98% Brachyrhyncha
2.20 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.30 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.15% Gastropoda, 0.12% Bivalvia, 0.07% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
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