Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Halichoerus grypus

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Halichoerus grypus

Main Ref.	Hammond, P.S., A.J. Hall and J.H. Prime, 1994
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	UK Scotland	Locality	Southern 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
1.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trachurus trachurus	1% Trachurus trachurus.
3.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pleuronectes platessa	2% Pleuronectes platessa; 1% Microstomus kitt.
4.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Molva molva	4% Molva molva.
4.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Taurulus bubalis	4% Taurulus bubalis.
5.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Glyptocephalus cynoglossus	5% Glyptocephalus cynoglossus.
7.20 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Melanogrammus aeglefinus	4% Melanogrammus aeglefinus; 3% Pollachius virens.
10.30 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	cod	10% cod.
28.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Ammodytes tobianus	28% Sandeels.
36.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Merlangius merlangus	35% Merlangius merlangus.