Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Darkfin sculpin, Malacocottus zonurus, collected in 2006
Number of Full Stomachs : 56
Number of Hauls: 9

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	34.56	29.00	73.33
Gammaridea	11.50	29.00	67.27
Isopoda	8.95	9.00	18.79
Sea Cucumber	8.71	0.00	8.89
Misc Shrimp	4.28	2.00	15.35
Pandalidae (shrimp)	3.97	0.00	4.44
Misc Teleost	3.96	1.00	17.78
Brittle Star	3.24	3.00	17.78
Gastropod	3.07	1.00	18.89
Cnidaria	2.60	0.00	7.68
Misc Crustacea	2.33	1.00	15.35
Misc Majidae	1.85	0.00	3.13
Misc Org	1.81	0.00	2.22
Misc Gadidae	1.80	0.00	2.22
Capreillidea	1.66	5.00	24.44
Misc Crab	0.90	0.00	3.23
Misc Mollusca	0.70	0.00	3.33
Misc Echinoderm	0.65	0.00	2.22
Cottid	0.59	0.00	4.44
Misc Cephalopoda	0.56	1.00	13.13
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.53	0.00	3.33
Paguridae	0.44	0.00	2.22
Euphausiacea	0.34	1.00	6.67
Misc Anomura	0.30	0.00	1.01
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.29	0.00	2.02
Offal	0.17	0.00	1.01
Copepoda	0.13	0.00	4.44
Octopoda	0.04	0.00	2.12
Misc Amphipoda	0.04	0.00	1.01
Unid Eggs	0.02	0.00	2.22

Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Darkfin sculpin, Malacocottus zonurus, collected in 2006

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