Food items reported for Megaptera novaeangliae
n = 21
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish Ammodytes sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea pallasii pallasii (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Clupea sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Sardinella (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified Sardinops (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Engraulis mordax (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Gadus sp. (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Theragra chalcogramma (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pleurogrammus monopterygius (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Hypomesus pretiosus Alaska juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Mallotus villosus (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish capelin (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish eulachon (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish salmon (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish sand lance (not available) juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Scomber scombrus (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids euphausiids (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Euphausia superba Antarctica juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unspecified Euphausia (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unspecified Meganyctiphanes (not available) juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids unspecified Thysanoessa (not available) juv./adults
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