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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Sardina pilchardus
 
Main Ref. Sever, T.M., B. Bayhan and E. Taskavak, 2005
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 12.30 FL
Sample size 365 Percent empty 12.05
Country Turkey Locality Izmir Bay, Eastern Aegean Sea
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Sardina pilchardus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.56 % zoobenthos mollusks bivalves juv./adults Bivalvia
0.82 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Cladocera
0.84 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Gastropoda
12.74 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Isias clavipes Isias clavipes 14.28 Candacia armata 0.96 C. aethiopica 0.02 C. simplex 0.49 C. spp. 0.83 Labidocera wollastoni 0.40 Acartia clausi 1.39 A. sp.0.07 Cyclopoida 0.04
15.75 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Decapod crustacea Decapod Crustacea larvae 16.80 Decapod crustacea egg 0.53 Brachyura larvae 2.55 Stomatopoda 0.41 Euphausiacea 0.03 Amphipoda 0.14 Ostracoda 0.38 Cypris larvae 1.48 Cirripedia 0.34 Fish egg 0.20
1.65 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Thaliacea Thaliacea 0.33 Pteropoda 2.02 Appendicularia 0.04
19.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Oithona nana Oithona nana 22.38 O. plumifera 0.04 O. sp. 0.04 Oncaea venusta 0.93 O. mediterranea 0.08 O. media 0.28 O. conifera 0.07 O. spp. 0.28 Lubbockia squillimana 0.12 Sapphirina sp. 0.12 Copilia sp. 0.14 Corycaeus clausi 0.09 C. limbatus 0.14 C. typicus 0.19 C. flaccus 0.70 C. giesbrechti 0.41 C. latus 0.07 C. ovalis 0.06 C. brehmi 0.02 C. spp. 0.13 Farranula rostrata 0.09 Harpacticoida 0.67 Microsetella rosea 0.01 M. norvegica 0.04 M. sp. 0.06 Euterpina acutifrons 0.90 Clytemnestra scutellata 0.08 C. rostrata 0.02 C. sp. 0.16 Copepod nauplius 0.04
42.84 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Copepoda Copepoda 54.63 Calanoida 0.28 Nannocalanus minor 1.89 Calanus spp. 0.18 Paracalanus parvus 0.03 P. nanus 0.75 P. sp. 0.07 Calocalanus pavo 0.08 Ischnocalanus plumulosus 0.31 Clausocalanus arcuicomis 0.05 C. furcatus 0.08 C. sp. 0.59 Euchaeta marina 0.42 Temora stylifera 0.93 Pleuromamma abdominalis 0.04 Pleuromamma sp. 0.06 Centropages typicus 1.18 C. kroyeri 0.75 C. sp. 0.02
0.04 % zoobenthos worms polychaetes juv./adults Polychaeta
0.23 % zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns juv./adults Natantia Natantia 0.29 Reptantia 0.04
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