Food items reported for Halichoerus grypus
n = 66
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Unspecified squid (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Alloteuthis spp. France juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Loligo sp. France juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Illex illecebrosus (not available) juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Sepia sp. France juv./adults
nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish Unspecified Sepiidae France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes dubius (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes tobianus UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Ammodytidae UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Anarhichas lupus Iceland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Atherina presbyter French Guiana juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Belone belone France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Callionymus lyra UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Callionymus spp. France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trachurus trachurus UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea harengus harengus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Conger conger France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Myoxocephalus scorpius UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Taurulus bubalis UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadus morhua UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Melanogrammus aeglefinus UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merlangius merlangus UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollachius spp. France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pollachius virens UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trisopterus minutus UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Trisopterus spp. France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Gadidae France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Gobiidae France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Labridae France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Molva molva UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Merluccius bilinearis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Dicentrarchus labrax France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Unspecified Mugilidae France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mallotus villosus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Urophycis sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Urophycis tenuis (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Glyptocephalus cynoglossus UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hippoglossoides platessoides (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Limanda ferruginea (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Limanda limanda UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Microstomus kitt UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Platichthys flesus UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleuronectes platessa UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pseudopleuronectes americanus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Salmo salar UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Salmo trutta trutta UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber scombrus France juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Lepidorhombus whiffigonis UK Scotland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Phrynorhombus norvegicus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Psetta maxima Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scophthalmus maximus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scophthalmus rhombus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Zeugopterus punctatus Ireland juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Sebastes sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Solea solea UK juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Spondyliosoma cantharus France juv./adults
others birds sea birds Unspecified Alcidae France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Carcinus maenas France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. crabs Unspecified Portunidae France juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. lobsters Galathea spp. France juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks bivalves Mytilus edulis France juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Eledone cirrhosa UK Scotland juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Octopus sp UK Scotland juv./adults
zoobenthos mollusks octopi Unspecified Octopodiidae France juv./adults
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