Food and Feeding Habits: Diet Composition Helicolenus dactylopterus
n = 11
Main Food Percent
Trophic Level
(y)
Predator Life Stage Country Locality Ref.
nekton 37 4.1 juv./adults South Africa West coast 6009
nekton 83 4.4 juv./adults South Africa West coast 6009
zoobenthos 44 4.5 juv./adults South Africa South coast 6009
zoobenthos 49 4.5 juv./adults South Africa South coast 6009
zoobenthos 73 3.6 recruits/juv. USA Middle Atlantic 37512
zoobenthos 40 3.8 recruits/juv. USA Southern New England. 37512
zooplankton 46 3.5 recruits/juv. USA Georges Bank. 37512
zoobenthos 85 3.4 recruits/juv. USA Gulf of Maine. 37512
nekton 61 4.1 recruits/juv. Spain Balearic Sea, 1976-78 41858
zoobenthos 58 3.9 recruits/juv. Spain Balearic Sea, 1976-78 41858
zoobenthos 83 3.5 adults Spain Balearic Sea, 1976-78 41858
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