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Diet table for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1999
Number of Full Stomachs : 232
Number of Hauls: 38

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Brittle Star 21.17 3.00 37.84
Walleye pollock 15.63 15.00 9.10
Polychaeta 15.29 0.00 29.41
Bivalvia 12.23 11.00 12.85
Paguridae 7.31 5.00 7.66
Pandalidae (shrimp) 6.51 3.00 3.54
Crangonidae (shrimp) 5.20 7.00 5.32
Mysidacea 4.70 1.00 9.41
Tanner Crab 3.57 6.00 3.91
Gammaridea 1.89 2.00 9.01
Misc Worm 1.45 0.00 2.63
Chionoecetes spp. 0.97 3.00 2.42
Copepoda 0.83 0.00 2.63
Euphausiacea 0.78 1.00 1.35
Misc Gadidae 0.70 0.00 1.05
Misc Shrimp 0.36 0.00 0.70
Misc Flatfish 0.27 0.00 0.29
Misc Org 0.26 0.00 2.38
Misc Teleost 0.18 1.00 1.41
Cancridea 0.17 0.00 0.56
Misc Majidae 0.16 0.00 0.73
Opilio Crab 0.15 1.00 1.13
Cumacea 0.09 1.00 1.83
Isopoda 0.06 1.00 0.53
Cottid 0.06 0.00 0.26
Hyperiidea 0.03 0.00 1.18


Sample locations for Bering Sea Flathead sole, Hippoglossoides elassodon, collected in 1999


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