Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Phoca vitulina

Main Ref.	Pierce, G.J. and M.B. Santos, 2003
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size		Percent empty
Country	UK Scotland	Locality	Skye, Inner Hebrides, UK Scotland
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
10.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	herring
39.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Percomorphi	36% scad; 2% mackerel; 1% sandeel.
50.00 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Gadidae	15% Ling/rockling; 14%whiting; 11 hoddock/Pollachius; 4% cod; 3% Trisopterus spp..
1.00 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Cephalopod