Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Yellowfin sole Home

Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1985
Number of Full Stomachs : 457
Number of Hauls: 39

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	35.49	26.00	67.96
Bivalvia	12.22	13.00	38.00
Gammaridea	10.94	28.00	51.95
Misc Worm	10.53	3.00	13.92
Sand Dollar	5.90	4.00	16.52
Euphausiacea	3.58	3.00	11.46
Paguridae	3.34	0.00	4.88
Offal	2.78	0.00	0.59
Tunicate	2.26	2.00	9.12
Brittle Star	1.82	4.00	7.01
Tanner Crab	1.77	1.00	3.08
Gastropod	1.43	1.00	6.19
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.43	0.00	1.42
Walleye pollock	1.39	0.00	0.48
Chionoecetes spp.	1.13	0.00	2.26
Misc Mollusca	0.70	0.00	0.69
Misc Majidae	0.66	0.00	0.70
Misc Shrimp	0.63	0.00	1.50
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.50	0.00	0.91
Cnidaria	0.39	0.00	0.51
Capreillidea	0.22	1.00	3.00
Cumacea	0.20	2.00	12.86
Misc Teleost	0.18	0.00	1.17
Sea Cucumber	0.15	0.00	0.53
Hyperiidea	0.06	0.00	1.30
Mysidacea	0.06	0.00	2.18
Misc Org	0.06	0.00	0.14
Stichaeidae	0.02	0.00	0.32
Misc Crustacea	0.02	0.00	0.75
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.28
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.16
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.14

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1985

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