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Diet table for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 244
Number of Hauls: 30

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Brittle Star 20.23 19.00 31.93
Polychaeta 12.76 9.00 20.82
Mysidacea 11.42 7.00 29.51
Walleye pollock 10.71 2.00 3.94
Crangonidae (shrimp) 9.74 15.00 18.26
Gammaridea 7.68 11.00 31.01
Bivalvia 5.43 6.00 7.89
Pandalidae (shrimp) 4.55 1.00 2.24
Tanner Crab 3.91 4.00 8.25
Paguridae 3.48 0.00 3.05
Misc Worm 2.31 0.00 2.53
Euphausiacea 1.83 0.00 7.18
Stichaeidae 0.94 0.00 0.79
Misc Shrimp 0.88 0.00 2.98
Misc Org 0.82 0.00 4.45
Misc Brachyura 0.77 0.00 1.48
Misc Gadidae 0.67 0.00 0.70
Cumacea 0.30 3.00 6.06
Misc Teleost 0.29 1.00 1.74
Cancridea 0.27 0.00 0.48
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.26 0.00 0.93
Opilio Crab 0.15 0.00 0.37
Chionoecetes spp. 0.14 0.00 1.37
Isopoda 0.12 0.00 0.67
Misc Crustacea 0.10 0.00 1.70
Gastropod 0.07 0.00 1.37
Misc Amphipoda 0.05 0.00 1.78
Tunicate 0.03 0.00 0.70
Misc Mollusca 0.02 0.00 0.70
Misc Crab 0.02 1.00 0.95
Capreillidea 0.02 0.00 0.64
Misc Decapoda 0.01 0.00 0.83
Misc Majidae 0.01 0.00 0.37
Copepoda 0.00 0.00 0.75


Sample locations for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1997


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