Food and Feeding Habits Summary Phoca vitulina
 
Main Ref. Tollit, D.J., A. D Black, P. M. Thompson, A Mackay, H. M. Corpe, B. Wilson, S. M. Van Parijs, K. Grellier and K. Parlane, 1998
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size 178 Percent empty
Country UK Scotland Locality Inverness
Period
  • January
  • February
  • March
  • April
  • May
  • June
  • July
  • August
  • September
  • October
  • November
  • December
Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Phoca vitulina
Diet percent Food I Food II Food III Prey stage Item Name Comments
0.01 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Sprattus sprattus
0.04 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Labrus berggyylta
0.10 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Rhinonemus cimbrius
1.81 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Clupea harengus
2.09 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Microstomus kitt
2.59 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Merlangius merlangus
3.65 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Gadus morhua
4.05 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Platichthys flesus
67.47 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Ammodytidae
17.05 % zoobenthos mollusks octopi juv./adults Eledone cirrhosa
1.14 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo forbesi
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