Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, collected in 2015
Number of Full Stomachs : 76
Number of Hauls: 34

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Misc Org	20.15	1.00	25.83
Clupeoidei	16.64	11.00	14.80
Pandalidae (shrimp)	11.53	17.00	24.80
Misc Teleost	9.39	9.00	16.03
Cnidaria	8.97	9.00	11.03
Salmonidae	6.73	7.00	6.86
Misc Gadidae	4.20	3.00	4.41
Osmerid	3.67	6.00	8.82
Paguridae	3.10	3.00	6.62
Misc Flatfish	2.91	1.00	3.68
Walleye pollock	1.97	1.00	1.32
Euphausiacea	1.93	3.00	10.29
Zoarcoidae	1.85	1.00	1.72
Offal	1.67	0.00	1.96
Polychaeta	1.49	2.00	7.35
Brittle Star	1.18	0.00	1.47
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.85	2.00	7.94
Cottid	0.67	0.00	1.47
Octopoda	0.32	0.00	2.06
Gammaridea	0.32	0.00	2.94
Misc Shrimp	0.16	1.00	2.79
Misc Worm	0.08	0.00	0.59
Hyperiidea	0.07	0.00	0.98
Tanner Crab	0.05	0.00	0.98
Misc Crab	0.04	0.00	0.74
Misc Cephalopoda	0.03	0.00	0.98
Stichaeidae	0.02	0.00	1.47
Misc Crustacea	0.01	0.00	1.18

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, collected in 2015

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