Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gasterosteus aculeatus
 
Main Ref. Maksimenkov, V.V. and A.M. Tokranov, 1995
Fish stage adults Mean length 7.50 TL
Sample size 157 Percent empty
Country Russia Locality Bol'shaya River Estuary, 1990-1992
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Gasterosteus aculeatus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
21.45 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Gammaridea 20.7% Gammaridea
0.73 % zoobenthos benth. crust. benth. copepods juv./adults Echinocamptus sp. 0.7% Echinocamptus sp.
3.01 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae eggs fish 2.9% fish eggs & larvae
6.01 % zoobenthos insects insects larvae Chironomidae 3.7% Chironomid larvae & pupae, 0.2% Plecoptera larvae, 0.1% Ephemeroptera larvae, 1.2% other insect larvae, 0.6% Insecta imago
53.26 % zooplankton plank. crust. mysids juv./adults Neomysis mercedis 51.4% Neomysis mercedis
8.29 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Cumacea 8% Cumacea
1.97 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Eurytemora kurenkovi 1.9% Eurytemora kurenkovi
5.18 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Crangon septemspinosa 5% Crangon septemspinosa
0.10 % plants other plants terrestrial plants n.a./others plant remains 0.1% plant remains
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