Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 35.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 1
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
85.45 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Whiting 9.55% Cod, 18.55% Haddock, 28.61% Whiting, 3.56% Norway pout, 3.07% Herring, 3.07% Sprat, 2.92% Sandeels, 0.94% Plaice, 0.39% Sole, 0.31% Lemon sole, 7.87% Dab, 1.66% Long rough dab, 1.66% Dragonets, 3.29% unidentified Gobies
2.74 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
10.03 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyrhyncha 0.25% Crangonidae, 0.36% Other Caridea, 3.49% Nephrops, 1.25% Anomura, 0.15% Oxyrhyncha, 0.96% Cancridea, 3.57% Brachyrhyncha
0.38 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.15 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.35% Gastropoda, 0.25% Bivalvia, 0.55% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.11 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura
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