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 4
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
35.72 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Haddock 0.05% Cod, 9.88% Haddock, 0.80% Whiting, 6.56% Norway pout, 2.16% Herring, 0.40% Sprat, 4.94% Sandeels, 0.14% Sole, 1.83% Dab, 0.08% Mackerel, 2.20% Long rough dab, 2.20% Dragonets, 4.48% unidentified Gobies
7.20 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
49.36 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangonidae 11.83% Crangonidae, 1.81% other Caridea, 2.91% Nephrops, 9.14% Anomura, 0.81% Oxyrhyncha, 1.65% Cancridea, 21.21% Brachyrhyncha
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
3.41 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 1.26% Gastropoda, 1.62% Bivalvia, 0.53% Cephalopoda
0.24 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Gammaridea 0.01% Mysidia, 0.19% Gammaridea, 0.04% Euphausiacea
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
3.91 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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