Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Northern rock sole, Lepidopsetta polyxystra, collected in 1987
Number of Full Stomachs : 168
Number of Hauls: 35

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	66.13	47.00	91.37
Misc Worm	9.58	7.00	22.01
Bivalvia	6.95	10.00	39.52
Gammaridea	4.59	17.00	62.79
Ammodytidae	4.11	0.00	2.43
Brittle Star	3.58	10.00	22.96
Tunicate	1.21	1.00	3.14
Chionoecetes spp.	0.75	0.00	0.99
Cnidaria	0.66	0.00	2.10
Paguridae	0.63	0.00	2.77
Misc Teleost	0.47	0.00	1.78
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.27	0.00	0.57
Sand Dollar	0.26	0.00	5.29
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.23	0.00	1.81
Misc Org	0.23	0.00	0.57
Isopoda	0.06	0.00	1.90
Euphausiacea	0.06	0.00	1.75
Cancridea	0.05	0.00	0.71
Cumacea	0.04	0.00	7.52
Walleye pollock	0.03	0.00	0.29
Sea Cucumber	0.03	0.00	0.57
Misc Flatfish	0.02	0.00	0.29
Opilio Crab	0.02	0.00	0.57
Misc Gadidae	0.01	0.00	0.32
Tanner Crab	0.01	0.00	0.29
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	2.00
Cottid	0.00	0.00	0.57
Mysidacea	0.00	0.00	1.14
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.93
Gastropod	0.00	0.00	0.86

Sample locations for Bering Sea Northern rock sole, Lepidopsetta polyxystra, collected in 1987

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