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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Melanogrammus aeglefinus
 
Main Ref. Bowman, R.E., C.E. Stillwell, W.L. Michaels and M.D. Grosslein, 2000
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 34.00 NG
Sample size 157 Percent empty 1.91
Country USA Locality Scotian Shelf
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
13.00 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults Unciola irrorata Cumacea (0.3%); Amphipoda: Parathemisto sp. (0.7%),Erichthonius rubricornis (<0.1%), Unciola irrorata (1.7%),Leptocheirus pinguis (<0.1%), and unidentified Amphipoda (1.1%); Mysidacea (<0.1%); Decapoda: Dichelopandalus leptocerus (0.3%),Crangon septemspinosa (<0.3%), unidentified Decapoda (6.4%), and unidentified Crustacea (1.4%).
10.60 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Bivalvia Bivalvia.
19.40 % detritus detritus carcasses n.a./others Animal remains Animal remains and miscellaneous.
0.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica Meganyctiphanes norvegica
10.40 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults Echinoidea Holothuroidea (1.3%), Echinoidea (5.7%), and unidentified Echinocermata (2.8%).
5.60 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda Gastropoda (2.7%), Cephalopoda (1.9%), and unidentified Mollusca (0.7%).
0.80 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults Cnidaria Unspecified Cnidaria.
31.30 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta Nephtyidae (0.2%), Spionidae (0.9%), and unidentified Polychaeta (28.3%).
8.40 % zoobenthos echinoderms sea stars/brittle stars juv./adults Ophiopholis aculata Ophiuroideans: Ophiopholis aculata (3.8%),Ophiura sarsi (1.2%),Ophiura sp. (<0.1%), and unidentified Ophiuroidea (2.9%).
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