Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 13.50 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 1
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
28.26 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 0.8% Haddock, 0.08% Whiting, 3.61% Norway pout, 0.14% Herring, 8.81% Sprat, 1.11% Sandeels, 0.38% Dab, 3.33% Long rough dab, 3.33% Dragonets, 6.67% unidentified gobies
8.90 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
45.46 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangonidae 18.23% Crangonidae, 11.29% other Caridea, 12.03% Anomura, 2.75% Brachyryncha, 0.76% Nephrops, 0.33% Oxyrhyncha, 0.07% Cancridea
0.13 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
12.36 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 3.31% Gastropoda, 6.84% Bivalvia, 2.21% Cephalopoda
4.53 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
0.12 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.21 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Sipuncula Sipuncula, Echiura & Priapulida
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