Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.50 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
23.98 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Long rough dab 0.10% Cod, 1.17% Haddock, 1.01% Norway pout, 0.08% Sprat, 3.38% Sandeels, 1.36% Dab, 4.22% Long rough dab, 4.22% Dragonets, 8.44% unidentified Gobies
4.08 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
69.41 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Crangonidae 39.35% Crangonidae, 7.74% other Caridea, 9.94% Anomura, 0.10% Oxyrhyncha, 0.22% Cancridea, 12.06% Brachyrhyncha
1.52 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 0.67% Gastropoda, 0.27% Bivalvia, 0.58% Cephalopoda
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 Mysidia 0.41% Mysidia, 0.05% Gammaridea, 0.04% Euphausiacea
0.28 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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