Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1984
Number of Full Stomachs : 570
Number of Hauls: 52

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	25.47	19.00	57.33
Bivalvia	14.16	10.00	36.16
Misc Worm	9.24	4.00	14.33
Euphausiacea	6.44	6.00	12.10
Gastropod	5.51	5.00	4.35
Paguridae	5.32	0.00	5.95
Gammaridea	4.67	22.00	51.96
Misc Org	3.23	0.00	2.94
Sea Cucumber	2.90	3.00	4.10
Brittle Star	2.54	5.00	16.83
Tunicate	2.37	2.00	5.93
Ammodytidae	2.08	0.00	0.39
Misc Shrimp	1.76	0.00	2.13
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.64	0.00	3.93
Fish Eggs	1.58	1.00	1.30
Tanner Crab	0.95	0.00	1.97
Sand Dollar	0.90	0.00	3.58
Misc Teleost	0.90	0.00	1.74
Opilio Crab	0.90	0.00	1.49
Chionoecetes spp.	0.72	0.00	2.58
Walleye pollock	0.65	0.00	1.53
Isopoda	0.63	0.00	0.48
Misc Crab	0.60	0.00	0.64
Offal	0.49	0.00	0.77
Misc Flatfish	0.48	0.00	0.51
Misc Majidae	0.44	0.00	0.47
Greenland turbot	0.37	0.00	1.76
Cumacea	0.35	2.00	11.20
Misc Echinoderm	0.29	0.00	3.60
Cnidaria	0.18	0.00	1.43
Northern rock sole	0.14	0.00	0.96
Cottid	0.12	0.00	0.36
Hyperiidea	0.08	0.00	3.15
Pteropoda	0.07	0.00	2.08
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	2.71
Cancridea	0.02	0.00	0.19
Mysidacea	0.02	0.00	1.08
Pacific halibut	0.01	0.00	0.32
Misc Gadidae	0.01	0.00	0.12
Misc Brachyura	0.00	0.00	2.05
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.68
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.31
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.15
Blue King Crab	0.00	0.00	0.32
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.48

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1984

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