Food and Feeding Habits Summary Micropogonias furnieri
 
Main Ref. Sardiña, P. and A.L. Cazorla, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 5.50 TL
Sample size 320 Percent empty 21.5
Country Argentina Locality Canal del Embudo zone, Bahía Blanca estuary. March 2000 - February 2001.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Micropogonias furnieri
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.55 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Labidocera fluviatilis Acartia tonsa 0.03 Labidocera fluviatilis 0.65 Calanoides carinatus 0.10
4.52 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. Sciaenidae Sciaenidae 1.23 Engraulidae 0.98 unid. Fish 2.30
8.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs juv./adults Crabs Crabs
6.87 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Arthromysis magellanica Arthromysis magellanica 2.83 Neomysis americana 1.30 Mysids 2.74
4.68 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crustacea Crustacea
6.91 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Sagitta friderici Sagitta friderici 6.91
40.68 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults polychaetes
26.77 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Peisos petrunkevitchi Penaieds 8.22 Peisos petrunkevitchi 18.55
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