Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Northern rock sole, Lepidopsetta polyxystra, collected in 1996
Number of Full Stomachs : 117
Number of Hauls: 12

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	50.79	9.00	87.64
Misc Worm	12.10	15.00	32.26
Bivalvia	10.67	5.00	24.45
Sea Cucumber	10.23	9.00	22.66
Brittle Star	4.75	10.00	28.76
Gammaridea	4.57	14.00	51.75
Isopoda	1.20	4.00	15.55
Gastropod	1.14	1.00	5.31
Misc Org	1.08	2.00	7.07
Tunicate	0.53	0.00	1.91
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.49	0.00	0.44
Paguridae	0.45	1.00	3.72
Cumacea	0.33	3.00	15.61
Capreillidea	0.29	2.00	11.27
Misc Majidae	0.24	1.00	3.41
Misc Brachyura	0.24	4.00	4.69
Cancridea	0.19	0.00	1.48
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.10	0.00	1.74
Misc Teleost	0.09	0.00	1.19
Misc Echinoderm	0.08	0.00	1.79
Sebastes	0.08	5.00	3.03
Cottid	0.07	0.00	0.60
Euphausiacea	0.06	0.00	2.92
Misc Crustacea	0.02	0.00	1.19
Tanner Crab	0.02	0.00	0.69
Misc Crab	0.02	0.00	0.88
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.56
Pteropoda	0.01	0.00	0.88
Copepoda	0.01	0.00	0.56
Misc Shrimp	0.00	0.00	0.44

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Northern rock sole, Lepidopsetta polyxystra, collected in 1996

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