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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Malyshev, V.I., 1980
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 17.50 TL
Sample size 345 Percent empty 44
Country Locality North Sea, summer-autumn 1975-1977
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
10.57 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods 10.3% amphipods
0.21 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades benthic algae/weeds
35.63 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sprattus sprattus 14.9% Sprattus sprattus, 2.9% Callionymus lyra, 1.0% Gobiidae, 2.3% Pleuronectidae, 13.6% digested fish
10.99 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids 10.7% euphausiids
33.06 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda 32.2% Decapoda
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.31 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Appendicularia 0.3% Appendicularia
2.67 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha 2.6% Chaetognatha
6.47 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes 6.3% polychaetes
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