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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Malyshev, V.I., 1980
Fish stage adults Mean length 41.50 TL
Sample size 1202 Percent empty 39
Paese Località 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 Commenti
93.50 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sprattus sprattus 6.3% Ammodytes sp., 58.9% Sprattus sprattus, 5.1% Clupea harengus, 4.8% Melanogrammus aeglefinus, 0.3% Merlangius merlangus,10.2% Trisopterus esmarkii, 0.2% Argentina sp., 0.2% Callionymus lyra, 0.9% Pleuronectidae, 6.5% Digested fish
0.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
5.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Decapoda
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.90 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
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