Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 13.50 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 Gadus morhua
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
46.21 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 0.99% Cod, 1.76%Haddock, 0.08% Whiting, 1.26% Norway pout, 0.20% Herring, 1.35% Sprat, 32.77% Sandeels, 0.56% Dab, 1.81% Long rough dab, 1.80% Dragonets, 3.63% unidentified Gobies
9.02 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
26.62 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangonidae 4.33% Crangonidae, 3.14% other Caridea, 0.06% Nephrops,10.32% Anomura, 0.04% Oxystomata, 0.60% Oxyrhyncha, 1.79% Cancridea, 6.34% Brachyryncha
1.58 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
3.91 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 1.34% Gastropoda, 2.35% Bivalvia, 0.22% Cephalopoda
12.06 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Euphausiacea 0.32% Mysidia, 0.01% Cumacea, 0.44% Valvifera, 0.11% Gammaridea, 11.18% Euphausiacea
0.10 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Chaetognatha
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.43 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Sipuncula Sipuncula, Priapulida, Echiura
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