Food and Feeding Habits Summary Clupea harengus
 
Main Ref. Prokopchuk, I., 2009
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 416 Percent empty 16.11
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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
1.20 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Unspecified Pisces g.spp.
44.20 % nekton finfish bony fish recruits/juv. 0-Group herring
0.10 % zooplankton plank. crust. cladocerans juv./adults Podon leuckarti
0.60 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Thysanoessa inermis
0.90 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Meganyctiphanes norvegica
2.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids juv./adults Unspecified Euphausiacea g. spp.
0.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids larvae Euphausiacea larvae
0.30 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Herring larvae
0.70 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Unspecified pisces larvae
3.30 % zooplankton fish (early stages) fish eggs/larvae larvae Sebastes sp. Larvae
9.30 % zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. Crustaceans juv./adults Themisto abyssorum Name cited in the literature is Parathemisto abyssorum.
0.50 % zooplankton other plank. Invertebrates n.a./other plank. invertebrates juv./adults Limacina retroversa
0.80 % others others n.a./others n.a./others Unspecied animal remainders
1.50 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Calanus hyperboreus
25.80 % zooplankton plank. crust. plank. Copepods juv./adults Unspecified
5.20 % zoobenthos sponges/tunicates sponges juv./adults Oikopleura sp.
2.50 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Unspecified Cephalopoda g.spp.
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