Food and Feeding Habits Summary Gadus morhua
 
Main Ref. Greenstreet, S.P.R., 1996
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 40.00 TL
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality North Sea, Quarter 4
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
78.39 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sandeels 9.77% Cod, 16.03% Haddock, 16.86% Whiting, 6.36% Norway pout, 1.62% Herring, 0.75% Sprat, 6.17% Sandeels, 0.04% Sole, 10.47% Dab, 1.70% Mackerel, 2.14% Long rough dab, 2.14% Dragonets, 4.28% unidentified Gobies
1.41 % zoobenthos worms n.a./other annelids juv./adults annelids
11.12 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Brachyrhyncha 0.05% Crangonidae, 0.20% other Caridea, 2.31% Nephrops, 1.15% Anomura, 0.09% Oxyrhyncha, 1.29% Cancridea, 6.03% Brachyrhyncha
9.02 % zoobenthos mollusks n.a./other mollusks juv./adults Cephalopoda 0.61% Gastropoda, 0.02% Bivalvia, 8.39% Cephalopoda
0.10 % zoobenthos cnidarians n.a./other polyps juv./adults polyps
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