Food items reported for Merluccius merluccius
n = 147
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
detritus detritus debris detritus Greece juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Alloteuthis media (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepia orbignyana (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish unidentified Greece juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Alloteuthis media (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Alloteuthis subulata (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo media Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo media Italy juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo subulata (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Todarodes sagittatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepia orbignyana (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepietta oweniana Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argentina silus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argentina sphyraena (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Belone belone Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arnoglossus laterna Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arnoglossus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Callionymus maculatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Capros aper Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus trachurus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Echiodon dentatus Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Centracanthus cirrus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Spicara maena (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Spicara smaris (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Cepola macrophthalma (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Chlorophthalmus agassizi Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Citharus linguatula (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hyperlophus sp. Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardina pilchardus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sardinella aurita (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sprattus sprattus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Clupeidae (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Conger conger Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis encrasicolus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadiculus argenteus argenteus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadiculus argenteus) (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadus morhua (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merlangius merlangus (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merlangius merlangus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micromesistius potassou (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Micromesistius poutassou (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollachius pollachius (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollachius virens (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trisopterus esmarkii (not available) adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trisopterus esmarkii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trisopterus minutus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Deltentosteus quadrimaculatus Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gobius sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lesueurigobius friesii Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pomatoschistus minutus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gaidropsarus biscayensis (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius merluccius France recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius merluccius (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mullus barbatus barbatus Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Notoscopelus elongatus Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Nettastoma melanurum Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Arctozenus risso Spain juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Vinciguerria sp. Greece juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Phycis blennoides (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomberesox saurus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber scombrus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Helicolenus dactylopterus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Serranus hepatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Microchirus variegatus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Boops boops Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Dentex macrophthalmus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sphyraena sphyraena Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Argyropelecus hemigymnus Greece juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Maurolicus muelleri (not available) recruits/juv.
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidopus caudatus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidotrigla cavillone (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidotrigla dieuzeidei Italy juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trigla sp. Ireland juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds algae Greece juv./adults
plants other plants benthic algae/weeds unspecified brown algae (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unspecified amphipods (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unidentified (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Vibilia armata (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Eurydice truncata (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Gnathia sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Eurydice truncata (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unidentified isopods (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Nephrops norvegicus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Nephrops norvegicus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Scyllarus arctus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Scyllarus posteli (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. mysids Anchialina agilis (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. mysids Leptomysis mediterranea (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. mysids Paramysis helleri (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. mysids Siriella clausi (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Galathea strigosa (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Munida tenuimana (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods unidentified ostracods Greece juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Alpheus glaber (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Aristeus antennatus Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Philocheras sculptus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Crangon crangon (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Philocheras sculptus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontophilus spinosus Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontophilus spinosus Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Lophogaster typicus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Leander serratus (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Leander squilla (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pontonia sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Chlorotocus crassicornis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Chlorotocus crassicornis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Chlorotocus crassicornis (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pandalus borealis (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Plesionika heterocarpus (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Acanthephyra sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Alpheus ruber (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pandalina sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea multidentata Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea sivado Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Pasiphaea sp. (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Amalopenaeus elegans (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Parapenaeus longirostris Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Penaeus sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sicionia carinata (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Processa nouveli (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Processa canaliculata (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Processa nouveli (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Solenocera membranacea Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Solenocera membranacea (not available) recruits/juv.
zoobenthos benth. crust. stomatopods Squilla sp. Italy juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms Leptometra phalangium (not available) juv./adults
zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars Astropecten irregularis (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia krohni (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanopoda aequalis (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unidentified Euphausiacea (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unspecified euphausiids (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia krohni (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Meganyctiphanes norvegica Italy juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Nyctiphanes couchi Spain juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanopoda aequalis (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Lophogaster typicus (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Leptomysis mediterranea (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Paramysis helleri (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Siriella clausi (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Anchialina agilis (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Gastrosaccus sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unidentified Mysidacea (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Phronima sedentaria (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unidentified Copepoda (not available) recruits/juv.
zooplankton plank. crust. shrimps/prawns Sergestes sp. (not available) recruits/juv.
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