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 1
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
47.43 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 1.04% Cod, 3.8% Haddock, 7.3% Whiting, 3.82% Norway pout, 2.91% Herring, 8.4% Sprat, 8.91% Sandeels, 0.01% Plaice, 0.12% Sole, 3.26% Dab, 1.96% Long rough dab, 1.96% Dragonets, 3.94% unidentified gobies
8.87 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
30.70 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Anomura 2.01% Crangonidae, 4.04% Other Caridea, 0.66% Nephrops, 9.51% Anomura, 0.04% Oxystomata, 1.74% Oxyrhyncha, 1.15% Cancridea, 11.55% Brachyrhyncha
0.95 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
9.14 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 1.76% Gastropoda, 5.46% Bivalvia, 1.92% Cephalopoda
1.94 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults plank. crustaceans
1.01 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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