Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1985
Number of Full Stomachs : 598
Number of Hauls: 56

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Brittle Star	24.40	32.00	35.15
Walleye pollock	21.00	1.00	8.19
Crangonidae (shrimp)	10.31	4.00	16.65
Mysidacea	8.13	25.00	32.05
Pandalidae (shrimp)	6.83	1.00	6.87
Polychaeta	5.19	3.00	19.51
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	2.71	1.00	4.39
Tanner Crab	2.66	0.00	3.77
Misc Worm	2.42	1.00	2.31
Paguridae	2.35	2.00	6.77
Misc Teleost	2.01	0.00	7.24
Bivalvia	1.84	1.00	5.38
Gammaridea	1.65	10.00	28.73
Euphausiacea	1.50	1.00	7.45
Misc Shrimp	1.13	0.00	7.19
Chionoecetes spp.	1.11	0.00	2.67
Northern rock sole	1.03	0.00	0.12
Misc Gadidae	0.91	0.00	0.54
Misc Flatfish	0.61	0.00	0.72
Opilio Crab	0.53	0.00	0.51
Cottid	0.45	0.00	0.61
Misc Echinoderm	0.26	0.00	0.89
Copepoda	0.11	3.00	8.19
Offal	0.10	0.00	0.09
Teuthida	0.09	0.00	0.09
Tunicate	0.08	0.00	0.70
Misc Crab	0.08	0.00	1.08
Chaetognatha	0.08	0.00	0.91
Zoarcoidae	0.06	0.00	0.17
Cumacea	0.04	0.00	5.80
Stichaeidae	0.04	0.00	0.37
Misc Org	0.04	0.00	2.01
Agonidae	0.02	0.00	0.20
Pacific Cod	0.01	0.00	0.22
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.09
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.58
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.60
Gastropod	0.00	0.00	0.33
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.09

Sample locations for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1985

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