Food and Feeding Habits Summary Nototheniops larseni
 
Main Ref. Bushula, T., E.A. Pakhomov, S. Kaehler, S. Davis and R.M. Kalin, 2005
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 7.00 SL
Sample size 56 Percent empty 5.35
Country Prince Edward Is Locality
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Nototheniops larseni
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.20 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates ascidians juv./adults Salpa thompsoni
6.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea Euphausia vallentini 5.5 Thysanoessa sp. 0.1 Unid. 1.3
0.40 % zoobenthos mollusks gastropods juv./adults Limacina retroversa
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods juv./adults Isopoda
0.20 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. Crustaceans juv./adults Tanaidacea
0.80 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Decapoda Unid. crustaceans
4.60 % zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans juv./adults Gammaridea Leucothoe sp. 4.4 Unid. 0.2
0.10 % zoobenthos other benth. invertebrates n.a./other benth. invertebrates juv./adults Siphonophora
39.50 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Chaetognatha Eukrohnia hamata 7.4 Sagitta gazellae 32.1
47.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Copepoda cyclopoids and harpacticoids 3.2 small calanoids 30.0 Calanus simillimus 0.2 Metridia lucens 6.6 Pleuromamma abdominalis 4.6 Rhincalanus gigas 0.1 Aetideus armatus 1.1 Paraeuchaeta sp. 0.3 Ostracoda 1.0
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