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 3
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
50.96 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Whiting 8.06% Cod, 5.5% Haddock, 12.28% Whiting, 2.99% Norway pout, 4.32% Herring, 2.17% Sprat, 8.07% Sandeels, 0.08% Plaice, 0.08% Sole, 1.3% Dab, 1.53% Long rough dab, 1.53% Dragonets, 3.05% unidentified Gobies
5.50 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
31.56 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyrhyncha 0.83% Crangonidae, 0.93% Other Caridea, 1.02% Nephrops, 8.43% Anomura, 0.16% Oxystomata, 0.73% Oxyrhyncha, 3.45% Cancridea, 16.01% Brachyrhyncha
0.26 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.70 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 1.63% Gastropoda, 0.05% Bivalvia, 0.02% Cephalopoda
9.96 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Euphausiacea .02% Mysidia, 0.29% Valvifera, 9.65% Euphausiacea
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Priapulida Priapulida
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