Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Plain sculpin, Myoxocephalus jaok, collected in 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 118
Number of Hauls: 19

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Misc Flatfish	16.18	5.00	18.20
Crangonidae (shrimp)	12.63	31.00	55.15
Opilio Crab	9.01	5.00	11.05
Northern rock sole	7.51	0.00	2.76
Misc Majidae	7.36	3.00	7.89
Walleye pollock	6.75	2.00	5.98
Tanner Crab	5.26	5.00	5.26
Sand Dollar	5.26	5.00	5.26
Yellowfin sole	4.44	0.00	1.05
Misc Gadidae	3.05	0.00	2.37
Cottid	2.97	1.00	5.32
Kamchatka flounder	2.80	0.00	1.05
Misc Teleost	2.64	3.00	13.33
Osmerid	2.30	0.00	1.58
Paguridae	1.99	0.00	3.64
Agonidae	1.83	0.00	2.94
Cancridea	1.41	0.00	1.40
Euphausiacea	1.40	2.00	5.26
Stichaeidae	1.10	2.00	3.61
Misc Crab	0.91	7.00	7.13
Ammodytidae	0.72	1.00	4.21
Chionoecetes spp.	0.56	1.00	2.89
Misc Worm	0.50	0.00	1.58
Mysidacea	0.33	4.00	19.87
Clupeoidei	0.22	0.00	0.53
Unid Eggs	0.20	4.00	1.32
Isopoda	0.16	0.00	1.32
Gastropod	0.16	0.00	1.64
Polychaeta	0.12	1.00	7.33
Gammaridea	0.07	1.00	5.79
Bivalvia	0.05	0.00	2.37
Capreillidea	0.04	0.00	1.32
Misc Org	0.02	0.00	1.05
Zoarcoidae	0.01	0.00	0.53
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.01	0.00	0.53
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	1.32
Misc Shrimp	0.00	0.00	0.53
Misc Crustacea	0.00	1.00	2.11
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.53
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.53

Sample locations for Bering Sea Plain sculpin, Myoxocephalus jaok, collected in 1997

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