Food and Feeding Habits Summary Oncorhynchus nerka
 
Main Ref. Sobolevskii, E.I. and I.A. Senchenko, 1996
Fish stage adults Mean length 55.50 TL
Sample size 39 Percent empty
Country Russia Locality Kamchatka Pacific waters
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Oncorhynchus nerka
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammaridea Gammaridea
55.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa longipes 46.5% Thysanoessa longipes, 5.3% T. inspinata, 3.1% Euphausia pacifica, 0.5% Euphausia sp.
10.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Hyperiidea Hyperiidea
0.20 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.50 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Pteropoda Pteropoda
11.90 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Coelenterata Coelenterata
18.40 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
2.30 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults squids/cuttlefish
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