Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 17.50 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 2
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
52.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 1.36% Cod, 3.12%Haddock, 2.38% Whiting, 2.67% Norway pout, 1.20% Herring, 3.43% Sprat, 25.10% Sandeels, 0.06% Plaice, 0.08% Sole, 4.50% Dab, 2.20% Long rough dab, 2.19% Dragonets, 4.41% unidentified Gobies
7.43 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea 7.34% Euphausiacea, 0.02% Mysidia, 0.06% Valvifera, 0.01% Gammaridea
5.74 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
27.56 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyryncha 0.74% Crangonidae, 1.71% other Caridea, 1.74% Nephrops, 5.91% Anomura, 0.02% Oxystomata, 1.25% Oxyrhyncha, 8.0% Cancridea, 8.19% Brachyryncha
4.47 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
1.80 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Gastropoda 1.01% Gastropoda, 0.74% Bivalvia, 0.05% Cephalopoda
0.18 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
0.10 % zoobenthos worms non-annelids juv./adults Echiura Echiura, Priapulida
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