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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Merlangius merlangus
 
Main Ref. Daan, N., 1989
Fish stage adults Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size 57 Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, 1981, 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
86.96 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytidae 45.55% Ammodytidae, 16.79% Trisopterus esmarki, 8.33% Melanogrammus aeglefinus, 2.85% Merlangius merlangus, 2.2% Sprattus sprattus, 0.23% Gadus morhua, 0.05% Limanda limanda, 0.05% Scomber scombrus
4.61 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea 4.52% Euphausiacea, 0.08% Copepoda, 0.01% Mysida
1.76 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults Annelida 1.5% Annelida, incl. 0.26% Nemertea
5.89 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Caridea 3.05% Caridea, 1.69% Brachyura, 0.06% Macrura, 0.06% Anomura, 0.98% unid. Crustacea, 0.04% Isopoda, 0.01% Amphipoda
0.35 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Cnidaria 0.32% Cnidaria, incl. 0.03% Urochordata
0.10 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.06% Gastropoda, 0.01% Bivalvia
0.14 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.22 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.16% Cephalopoda, 0.06% unid. Mollusks
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