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 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
58.39 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Norway pout 2.63% Cod, 8.57% Haddock, 5.5% Whiting, 17.17% Norway pout, 5.88% Herring, 2.83% Sprat, 6.69% Sandeels, 0.02% Plaice, 0.02% Sole, 0.08% Lemon sole, 2.35% Dab, 0.01% Mackerel, 1.53% Long rough dab, 1.53% Dragonets, 3.05% unidentified Gobies
7.92 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea 7.91% Euphausiacea, 0.01% Valvifera
5.56 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
25.54 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyrhyncha 0.36% Crangonidae, 0.59% Other Caridea, 5.22% Nephrops, 3.65% Anomura,0.03% Oxystomata, 1.49% Oxyrhyncha, 3.39% Cancridea, 10.81% Brachyrhyncha
0.84 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.73 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 0.72% Gastropoda, 0.75% Bivalvia, 0.26% Cephalopoda
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