Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Big skate, Raja binoculata, collected in 2003
Number of Full Stomachs : 27
Number of Hauls: 19

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Tanner Crab	24.09	17.00	43.86
Misc Flatfish	17.79	4.00	27.19
Walleye pollock	9.64	8.00	21.05
Chionoecetes spp.	9.01	10.00	21.93
Ammodytidae	6.06	10.00	15.79
Atka Mackeral	5.45	5.00	7.02
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.65	11.00	20.18
Misc Crab	4.19	3.00	10.53
Paguridae	4.07	3.00	27.19
Pacific Cod	3.76	0.00	1.75
Alaska plaice	3.46	0.00	2.63
Misc Teleost	1.97	8.00	29.82
Stichaeidae	1.85	0.00	5.26
Cancridea	1.34	0.00	3.51
Cottid	1.17	0.00	7.02
Agonidae	0.73	2.00	1.75
Opilio Crab	0.21	1.00	2.63
Misc Shrimp	0.18	1.00	7.02
Gammaridea	0.16	1.00	10.53
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.08	0.00	1.75
Misc Org	0.08	1.00	7.02
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.04	0.00	1.75
Isopoda	0.03	2.00	5.26
Polychaeta	0.02	0.00	7.89
Bivalvia	0.00	0.00	5.26
Euphausiacea	0.00	0.00	1.75

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Big skate, Raja binoculata, collected in 2003

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