The daily feeding dynamics in various length groups of the Barents Sea capelin
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A total of 692 capelin stomachs collected in the Goose Bank area in
August 1989 by 24 hour fishery were analyzed by 3 cm capelin length
groups. The nwnber of prey categories consumed by the Barents Sea
capelin showed a tendency to increase with increasing fish length up to
12 cm. Calanus finmarchicus was the major contributor in the diet (66.4
% of total stomach weight) of length group 6-8.9 cm. Capelin in length
group 9-11.9 cm had mainly fed on Calanus finmarchicus (33.5 %),
Parathernisto abyssorum (14.5 %) and Thysanoessa raschii (28.0 %) while
the two species Thysanoessa inermis and Thysanoessa raschii occupied
95.2% of the stomach content weight in length group 12-14.9 cm. The
feeding seemed to have a peak in the evening and a minimum during
the midday for all length groups. The daily ration during this period is
estimated to between 1.3 and 2.2 % of fish body weight. Accordingly,
these data gives between 3640 and 6160 tonnes as the daily consumption
of zooplankton by the capelin stock in the Goose Bank area.
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Interrelations between fish populations in the Barents Sea. Proceedings of the fifth PINRO-IMR Symposium. Murmansk, 12-16 August 1991.
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PINRO-IMR Symposium5