Food and Feeding Habits Summary Trisopterus esmarkii
 
Main Ref. Bromley, P.J., T. Watson and J.R.G. Hislop, 1997
Fish stage recruits/juv. Mean length 4.40 TL
Sample size 255 Percent empty
Country Locality 60 miles southeast of Lerwick in the Shetland Is.
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Trisopterus esmarkii
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.55 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. bony fish
10.17 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults euphausiids
0.21 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans juv./adults Gadidae 0.06% Gadidae, 0.49% unid. Fish
0.65 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans larvae Decapod Decapod larvae
88.38 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods juv./adults Calanus finmarchicus Calanus finmarchicus, other Calanoida
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