Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 17.50 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
41.23 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Norway pout 0.30% Cod, 8.43% Haddock, 1.60% Whiting, 8.29% Norway pout, 1.95% Herring, 0.90% Sprat, 2.60% Sandeels, 0.05% Plaice, 0.24% Sole, 2.15% Dab, 6.32% Mackerel, 2.10% Long rough dab, 2.10% Dragonets, 4.20% unidentified Gobies
7.93 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
46.86 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangonidae 6.25% Crangonidae, 1.17% other Caridea, 3.38% Nephrops, 5.67% Anomura, 0.50% Oxyrhyncha, 1.84% Cancridea, 28.05% Brachyrhyncha
0.10 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.97 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.75% Gastropoda, 0.71% Bivalvia, 0.51% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Gammaridea 0.06% Gammaridea, 0.02% Euphausiacea
1.77 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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