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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1985
Number of Full Stomachs : 496
Number of Hauls: 41

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Polychaeta 35.32 26.00 69.15
Bivalvia 11.98 13.00 40.43
Misc Worm 11.06 5.00 17.75
Gammaridea 10.53 27.00 53.43
Sand Dollar 5.61 3.00 15.71
Euphausiacea 3.42 2.00 11.37
Paguridae 3.23 0.00 6.70
Offal 2.64 0.00 0.56
Tanner Crab 2.41 1.00 3.20
Tunicate 2.15 2.00 8.67
Walleye pollock 1.77 0.00 1.35
Brittle Star 1.74 4.00 7.39
Gastropod 1.37 1.00 6.14
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.36 0.00 1.36
Chionoecetes spp. 1.24 0.00 2.54
Misc Majidae 0.72 0.00 0.94
Misc Mollusca 0.66 0.00 0.79
Misc Shrimp 0.60 0.00 1.56
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.48 0.00 0.86
Cnidaria 0.43 0.00 0.74
Capreillidea 0.22 0.00 3.09
Misc Teleost 0.21 0.00 1.77
Cumacea 0.19 2.00 13.86
Misc Org 0.16 0.00 0.97
Sea Cucumber 0.15 0.00 0.51
Hyperiidea 0.06 0.00 1.24
Mysidacea 0.06 0.00 2.07
Cyclopteridae 0.04 0.00 0.39
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 0.12
Stichaeidae 0.02 0.00 0.30
Misc Crustacea 0.02 0.00 0.71
Cottid 0.02 0.00 0.14
Misc Gadidae 0.01 0.00 0.14
Pteropoda 0.01 0.00 0.81
Misc Brachyura 0.00 0.00 0.12
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.27
Misc Anomura 0.00 0.00 0.12
Copepoda 0.00 0.00 0.15
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.14


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


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