Food and Feeding Habits Summary - Physeter macrocephalus

Language:

Food and Feeding Habits Summary Physeter macrocephalus

Main Ref.	Santos, M.B., G.J. Pierce, M.G. Hartmann, C. Smeenk, M.J. Addink, T. Kuiken, R.J. Reid, I.A.P. Patterson, C. Lordan, E. Rogan and E. Mente, 2002
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	1	Percent empty
Country	Netherlands	Locality	Wassenaar
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Physeter macrocephalus

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name
5.40 %	nekton	finfish	bony fish	juv./adults	Pollachius virens
1.10 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Teuthowenia megalops
1.70 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Histioteuthis bonnellii
91.80 %	nekton	cephalopods	squids/cuttlefish	juv./adults	Gonatus sp.