Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1987
Number of Full Stomachs : 410
Number of Hauls: 33

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Brittle Star	27.87	40.00	48.26
Crangonidae (shrimp)	18.85	9.00	37.67
Euphausiacea	13.68	16.00	19.74
Polychaeta	7.34	1.00	14.66
Pandalidae (shrimp)	5.79	0.00	5.39
Walleye pollock	4.76	0.00	2.92
Mysidacea	4.09	9.00	26.34
Bivalvia	2.46	1.00	6.49
Paguridae	2.04	0.00	7.34
Stichaeidae	2.02	0.00	0.36
Gammaridea	1.93	6.00	24.63
Tanner Crab	1.18	0.00	2.41
Northern rock sole	1.09	0.00	0.96
Chionoecetes spp.	1.07	0.00	1.60
Misc Worm	1.02	0.00	0.61
Offal	0.94	0.00	0.45
Misc Org	0.88	2.00	16.83
Chaetognatha	0.86	1.00	2.04
Misc Teleost	0.59	0.00	1.57
Misc Shrimp	0.49	0.00	4.46
Cumacea	0.22	2.00	13.66
Copepoda	0.22	1.00	5.07
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.21	0.00	2.38
Isopoda	0.14	0.00	0.19
Misc Flatfish	0.08	0.00	0.61
Ammodytidae	0.08	0.00	0.34
Misc Decapoda	0.06	0.00	0.89
Misc Crab	0.02	0.00	0.47
Hyperiidea	0.01	0.00	0.51
Misc Crustacea	0.01	0.00	0.78
Gastropod	0.00	0.00	0.63
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.22
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.38

Sample locations for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1987

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