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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Leuciscus leuciscus
 
Main Ref. Weatherly, N.S., 1987
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.80 FL
Sample size 30 Percent empty
Country UK Locality 126 m stretch on west bank of River Dee, 3.9 km upstream of Chester weir, 1982
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Leuciscus leuciscus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
7.70 % plants other plants benthic algae/weeds leaves/blades macrophytes 7.2% macrophytes
52.31 % detritus detritus debris n.a./others detritus 48.7% detritus
13.32 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae aerial insects 12.4% aerial insects
14.18 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae larvae 13.2% Chironomidae larvae
7.30 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Tubificidae Tubificidae
5.16 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods adults copepod adults 4.8% copepod adults
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