Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Halichoerus grypus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Halichoerus grypus

Main Ref.	Hammond, P.S., A.S. Hall and P. Rothery, 1994
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	UK Scotland	Locality	Orkney
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
16.14 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pleuronectes platessa	16.2% Pleuronectes platessa.
34.16 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	gadids	34.3% (Gadus morhua and Molva molva).
42.03 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sand eels	42.2% Sand eels.
7.67 %	others	others	n.a./others	n.a./others	others	7.7% Others.