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 : 717
Number of Hauls: 126

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	22.79	15.00	55.80
Gammaridea	21.11	40.00	68.53
Misc Worm	15.76	7.00	24.70
Bivalvia	10.17	7.00	32.52
Sand Dollar	2.95	2.00	7.56
Euphausiacea	2.66	2.00	5.26
Paguridae	2.44	0.00	5.90
Gastropod	2.30	2.00	3.78
Misc Amphipoda	2.07	3.00	5.03
Misc Org	1.77	0.00	4.25
Ammodytidae	1.72	0.00	1.35
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.57	1.00	4.66
Misc Mollusca	1.46	0.00	1.65
Sea Cucumber	1.20	1.00	1.69
Offal	1.12	0.00	1.51
Brittle Star	1.06	2.00	8.00
Tunicate	0.98	1.00	2.45
Misc Teleost	0.75	0.00	2.17
Walleye pollock	0.74	0.00	0.90
Misc Shrimp	0.74	0.00	1.27
Fish Eggs	0.65	0.00	0.54
Tanner Crab	0.39	0.00	0.81
Opilio Crab	0.37	0.00	0.61
Misc Echinoderm	0.37	0.00	2.28
Chionoecetes spp.	0.30	0.00	1.33
Isopoda	0.26	0.00	0.20
Cumacea	0.26	1.00	10.05
Unid Eggs	0.25	0.00	0.40
Misc Crab	0.25	0.00	0.26
Misc Flatfish	0.20	0.00	0.21
Misc Majidae	0.18	0.00	0.19
Greenland turbot	0.15	0.00	0.73
Cnidaria	0.07	0.00	0.59
Northern rock sole	0.06	0.00	0.40
Cottid	0.05	0.00	0.15
Hyperiidea	0.03	0.00	1.30
Pteropoda	0.03	0.00	0.86
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	2.31
Cancridea	0.01	0.00	0.08
Mysidacea	0.01	0.00	0.45
Pacific halibut	0.00	0.00	0.13
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	1.58
Misc Gadidae	0.00	0.00	0.05
Misc Brachyura	0.00	0.00	0.85
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.28
Blue King Crab	0.00	0.00	0.13
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.20

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

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