Food and Feeding Habits Summary Physeter macrocephalus
 
Main Ref. Santos, M.B., G.J. Pierce, P.R. Boyle, R.J. Reid, H.M. Ross, I.A.P. Patterson, C.C. Kinze, S. Tougaard, R. Lick, U. Piatkowski and V. Hernández-Garcia, 1999
Fish stage juv./adults Mean length none
Sample size Percent empty
Country Locality Scotland and Denmark
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 Comments
0.39 % nekton finfish bony fish juv./adults Pollachius virens
0.01 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Loligo forbesi
0.02 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Eledone cirrosa Eledone cirrhosa.
0.34 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Teuthowenia megalops
0.43 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Todarodes sagittatus
1.21 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Histioteuthis bonnellii
1.64 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Haliphron atlanticus
95.96 % nekton cephalopods squids/cuttlefish juv./adults Gonatus sp.
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