Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 25.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 3
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
62.76 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Norway pout 1.06% Cod, 10.20% Haddock, 3.05% Whiting, 23.0% Norway pout, 8.51% Herring, 0.87% Sprat, 3.12% Sandeels, 0.07% Sole, 0.10% Lemon sole, 4.19% Dab, 0.88% Mackerel, 1.93% Long rough dab, 1.93% Dragonets, 3.85% unidentified Gobies
5.57 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
6.85 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
23.13 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Nephrops 0.23% Crangonidae, 0.26% Other Caridea, 10.25% Nephrops, 1.62% Anomura, 0.01% Oxystomata, 1.21% Oxyrhyncha, 2.85% Cancridea, 6.7% Brachyrhyncha
0.83 % zoobenthos echinoderms n.a./other echinoderms juv./adults echinoderms
0.84 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Bivalvia 0.17% Gastropoda, 0.53% Bivalvia, 0.14% Cephalopoda
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