Food and Feeding Habits Summary Clupea harengus
 
Main Ref. Prokopchuk, I., 2009
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length none
Sample size 605 Percent empty
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Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Clupea harengus
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa longicaudata
12.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa inermis
23.40 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea g. spp.
35.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica
0.40 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Limacina retroversa
0.40 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Unspecified Chaetognatha g. spp.
0.70 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Unspecied animal remainders
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Calanus hyperboreus
0.70 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus finmarchicus
1.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Metridia spp.
24.30 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Oikopleura sp.
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