Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 37.50 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
79.65 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults sandeels 0.19% cod, 5.19% haddock, 3.96% whiting, 17.69%Norway pout, 0.45% herring, 6.24% sprat, 38.27% sandeels, 0.11% dab, 0.11% mackerel, 0.48% silvery pout, 0.12% unidentified rockling, 1.4% long rough dab, 0.03% wolf fish, 0.28% pearlside, 0.35% argentines, 0.3% dragonet, 0.03% scad, 0.07% Norway haddock, 0.38% unidentified gurnards, 1.32% unidentified gobies
6.99 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
2.90 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
0.13 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults amphipods amphipods, isopods, copepods
0.66 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults mollusks
0.58 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Urochordata Urochordata & Chaetognatha
0.58 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
8.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults shrimps shrimps and crabs
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