Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pleuragramma antarcticum
 
Main Ref. Linkowski, T.B., P. Presler and C. Zukowski, 1983
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length 11.60 TL
Sample size 106 Percent empty
Country South Shetland Locality Admiralty Bay, King George Island , summer 1977
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pleuragramma antarcticum
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
5.50 % zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods juv./adults amphipods
0.70 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults bony fish
83.20 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Euphausiacea superba Euphausiacea superba 70.5 Thysanoessa macrura 0.7 Euphausiacea larvae 0.2 Euphausiacea 11.8
10.00 % zooplankton other plank. invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Salpae Salpae
0.10 % zoobenthos benth. crust. ostracods juv./adults ostracods
0.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults plank. copepods
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