Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1990
Number of Full Stomachs : 725
Number of Hauls: 93

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Brittle Star	25.59	35.00	43.26
Walleye pollock	17.59	7.00	12.64
Crangonidae (shrimp)	14.53	11.00	25.09
Pandalidae (shrimp)	7.84	2.00	7.89
Mysidacea	6.80	15.00	23.16
Paguridae	4.89	1.00	4.88
Polychaeta	3.25	2.00	7.79
Misc Worm	2.75	1.00	2.40
Euphausiacea	2.39	2.00	7.43
Bivalvia	1.91	1.00	5.54
Misc Teleost	1.52	0.00	2.13
Gammaridea	1.26	4.00	12.72
Misc Gadidae	1.15	0.00	1.37
Chionoecetes spp.	1.14	1.00	6.92
Ammodytidae	1.14	0.00	1.01
Tanner Crab	1.10	0.00	1.67
Offal	0.99	0.00	0.72
Opilio Crab	0.64	0.00	1.65
Osmerid	0.62	0.00	0.27
Chaetognatha	0.52	0.00	0.67
Stichaeidae	0.48	0.00	0.51
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.36	0.00	1.26
Cancridea	0.27	0.00	0.81
Misc Shrimp	0.21	0.00	2.65
Flathead sole	0.20	0.00	0.27
Cottid	0.13	0.00	0.51
Misc Org	0.12	0.00	0.36
Cumacea	0.11	0.00	3.63
Isopoda	0.09	0.00	0.32
Capreillidea	0.09	0.00	0.65
Zoarcoidae	0.08	0.00	0.83
Misc Flatfish	0.04	0.00	0.46
Sea Cucumber	0.04	0.00	0.48
Teuthida	0.03	0.00	0.27
Tunicate	0.03	0.00	0.49
Gastropod	0.03	0.00	0.38
Agonidae	0.02	0.00	0.37
Copepoda	0.01	0.00	0.98
Misc Majidae	0.01	0.00	0.56
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.22
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.27
Misc Echinoderm	0.00	0.00	0.12

Sample locations for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1990

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