Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, collected in 2010
Number of Full Stomachs : 89
Number of Hauls: 4

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Stichaeidae	24.64	1.00	10.09
Walleye pollock	17.45	0.00	4.42
Cumacea	17.42	37.00	56.19
Mysidacea	15.49	16.00	56.76
Gammaridea	9.76	19.00	38.57
Crangonidae (shrimp)	6.27	0.00	13.93
Misc Gadidae	2.25	0.00	2.26
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.31	0.00	2.77
Misc Teleost	1.20	0.00	2.86
Polychaeta	1.12	2.00	28.75
Misc Crustacea	0.95	0.00	5.56
Osmerid	0.81	0.00	0.60
Copepoda	0.75	17.00	5.56
Zoarcoidae	0.32	0.00	2.78
Hyperiidea	0.15	0.00	3.37
Bivalvia	0.06	0.00	4.44
Misc Flatfish	0.03	0.00	0.60
Misc Shrimp	0.02	0.00	2.78

Sample locations for Bering Sea Rainbow smelt, Osmerus mordax, collected in 2010

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