Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Halichoerus grypus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Halichoerus grypus

Main Ref.	Thompson, P.M., B.J. McConnell, D.J. Tollit, A. McKay, C. Hunter and P.A. Racey, 1996
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	UK Scotland	Locality	Moray Firth
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Halichoerus grypus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
0.81 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	clupeids
7.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	gadids	7% Gadids.
14.42 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Platichthys flesus
69.66 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sand eels
8.00 %	zoobenthos	mollusks	octopi	juv./adults	Octopus sp