Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Phocoena phocoena

Main Ref.	Börjesson, P., P. Berggren and B. Ganning, 2003
Fish stage	recruits/juv.	Mean length	none
Sample size	54	Percent empty
Country		Locality	Kattegat and Skagerrak
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Phocoena phocoena

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
2.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	sandeel	2% Sandeel; 0.2% Merluccius merluccius; 0.1% Maurolicus muelleri; 0.1% Anguilla anguilla.
3.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Myxine glutinosa
10.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sprattus sprattus sprattus
14.01 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gadus morhua	6.1% Gadus morhua; 3.4% Pollachius virens; 4.2% Merlangius merlangus; 0.3% Melanogrammus aeglefinus.
18.52 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	gobies	8.4% Gobies; 8% Unspecified gadies; 1% Trisopterus esmarkii; 0.9% Trisopterus minutus; 0.2% Enchelyopus cimbrius.
49.75 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Clupea harengus harengus	49.7% Clupea harengus.
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Sepietta oweniana
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	squid	0.1% Unspecified squid.
0.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Rossia macrosoma
1.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Loligo subulata