Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Great sculpin Home

Diet table for Bering Sea Great sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus, collected in 1999
Number of Full Stomachs : 73
Number of Hauls: 24

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	33.18	35.00	38.66
Chionoecetes spp.	12.64	12.00	25.25
Misc Flatfish	12.46	9.00	21.29
Tanner Crab	6.98	5.00	8.80
Misc Majidae	6.85	2.00	16.18
Cottid	5.80	4.00	6.50
Misc Shrimp	4.41	2.00	11.18
Walleye pollock	3.48	1.00	2.78
Northern rock sole	2.91	1.00	2.08
Octopoda	2.47	2.00	7.29
Zoarcoidae	1.79	3.00	5.90
Paguridae	1.63	2.00	7.08
Clupeoidei	1.20	1.00	2.08
Misc Worm	1.11	0.00	6.22
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.08	3.00	7.50
Misc Gadidae	0.56	0.00	2.02
Agonidae	0.35	2.00	6.67
Misc Cephalopoda	0.29	2.00	2.43
Misc Teleost	0.27	2.00	7.27
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.16	0.00	1.39
Bivalvia	0.15	0.00	2.08
Polychaeta	0.14	0.00	2.92
Ammodytidae	0.03	0.00	1.01
Sea Cucumber	0.02	0.00	0.60
Brittle Star	0.02	0.00	3.47
Gastropod	0.01	0.00	1.04
Misc Echinoderm	0.01	0.00	1.39
Misc Crab	0.00	0.00	0.83
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.00	0.00	0.42
Euphausiacea	0.00	0.00	2.08
Gammaridea	0.00	0.00	1.81

Sample locations for Bering Sea Great sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus, collected in 1999

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