Food and Feeding Habits Summary

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Food and Feeding Habits Summary Pusa hispida

Main Ref.	Weslawski, J.M., M. Ryg, T.G. Smith and N.A. Oritsland, 1994
Fish stage	juv./adults	Mean length	none
Sample size	134	Percent empty
Country	Svalbard	Locality	Western and Eastern Svalbard
Period	January February March April May June July August September October November December Highlighted items on the list are known Feeding Periods of Pusa hispida

Diet percent	Food I	Food II	Food III	Prey stage	Item Name	Comments
15.05 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	amphipods	juv./adults	Themisto libellula
39.78 %	zooplankton	plank. crust.	euphausiids	juv./adults	Thysanoessa inermis	37% Thysanoessa inermis.
45.16 %	zoobenthos	benth. crust.	shrimps/prawns	juv./adults	Pandalus borealis	42% Pandalus borealis.