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 2010
Number of Full Stomachs : 153
Number of Hauls: 62

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	37.40	31.00	49.39
Tanner Crab	12.59	12.00	27.98
Chionoecetes spp.	10.01	10.00	16.81
Misc Flatfish	9.76	4.00	11.18
Misc Majidae	5.00	4.00	16.27
Walleye pollock	4.28	3.00	6.15
Zoarcoidae	2.81	1.00	7.09
Paguridae	2.60	2.00	5.05
Cottid	2.25	3.00	13.35
Crangonidae (shrimp)	2.21	3.00	8.27
Agonidae	1.92	0.00	3.16
Cancridea	1.79	1.00	3.97
Stichaeidae	1.53	1.00	3.63
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.82	1.00	2.82
Misc Teleost	0.78	2.00	13.20
Offal	0.73	0.00	1.34
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.53	0.00	2.02
Misc Gadidae	0.42	0.00	2.60
Misc Shrimp	0.40	0.00	2.02
Cyclopteridae	0.37	0.00	1.94
Misc Worm	0.29	0.00	3.23
Yellowfin sole	0.22	0.00	0.20
Hyperiidea	0.20	0.00	1.61
Northern rock sole	0.19	0.00	1.94
Mysidacea	0.18	1.00	1.61
Bivalvia	0.13	0.00	4.03
Gammaridea	0.12	1.00	4.75
Polychaeta	0.09	1.00	10.27
Octopoda	0.08	0.00	2.71
Brittle Star	0.05	1.00	5.83
Sand Dollar	0.05	0.00	0.81
Red King Crab	0.05	0.00	0.54
Fish Eggs	0.04	2.00	1.01
Misc Crab	0.04	0.00	0.92
Cnidaria	0.03	0.00	0.54
Teuthida	0.02	0.00	0.36
Gastropod	0.01	0.00	1.61
Pacific Cod	0.00	0.00	0.20
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.32

Sample locations for Bering Sea Great sculpin, Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus, collected in 2010

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