Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 35.00 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
5.54 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gobies unidentified Gobies
51.46 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Whiting 7.72% Cod, 5.73% Haddock, 8.62% Whiting, 4.36% Norway pout, 4.03% Herring, 0.88% Sprat, 6.84% Sandeels, 0.08% Plaice, 7.72% Dab, 2.77% Long rough dab, 2.76% Dragonets
10.77 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
3.80 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
27.83 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Cancridea 0.10% Other Caridea, 10.09% Nephrops, 0.47% Anomura, 0.24% Oxyrhyncha, 12.27% Cancridea, 4.66% Brachyrhyncha
0.30 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.20 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.05% Gastropoda, 0.01% Bivalvia, 0.14% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
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