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	adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	32	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
0.10 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Maurolicus muelleri
1.50 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	gobies
1.90 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Anguilla anguilla
3.51 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Sprattus sprattus sprattus	3.5% Sprattus sprattus.
16.92 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Trisopterus esmarkii	6.8% Trisopterus esmarkii; 5.5% Merlangius merlangus; 2% Pollachius virens; 1.7% Enchelyopus cimbrius; 0.5% Trisopterus minutus; 0.4% Unspecified gadids.
26.45 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Myxine glutinosa	26.4% Myxine glutinosa.
45.79 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Clupea harengus harengus	45.7% Clupea harengus.
0.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Rossia macrosoma
0.20 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Loligo subulata
3.50 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	squid