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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage juv./adults 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 Merlangius merlangus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
82.61 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults sandeels 0.59% cod, 3.89% haddock, 2.84% whiting, 17.69% Norway pout, 0.52% herring, 1.31% sprat, 54.4% sandeels, 0.03% dab, 0.03% mackerel, 0.49% silvery pout, 0.01% witch, 0.09% long rough dab, 0.02% wolf fish, 0.07% pearlside, 0.13% dragonet, 0.08% lesser weever, 0.04% unidentified blennies, 0.38% unidentified gobies
11.88 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.80 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
0.18 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults amphipods amphipods, isopods, copepods
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.31 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
0.47 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata Urochordata & Chaetognatha
3.67 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps shrimps and crabs
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