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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1987
Number of Full Stomachs : 704
Number of Hauls: 48

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Polychaeta 30.14 19.00 52.71
Misc Worm 19.26 18.00 21.51
Bivalvia 14.97 9.00 35.51
Pteropoda 5.45 6.00 3.85
Misc Org 4.59 0.00 10.57
Brittle Star 4.56 5.00 13.86
Gammaridea 3.61 22.00 53.60
Sea Cucumber 2.16 1.00 4.56
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.99 0.00 3.46
Paguridae 1.89 0.00 4.21
Gastropod 1.82 0.00 4.37
Sand Dollar 1.81 2.00 12.02
Tunicate 1.73 0.00 6.26
Euphausiacea 1.60 1.00 8.47
Tanner Crab 1.52 0.00 0.45
Offal 0.40 0.00 0.38
Misc Shrimp 0.36 0.00 0.72
Mysidacea 0.34 0.00 2.94
Misc Echinoderm 0.32 0.00 0.28
Cumacea 0.25 1.00 17.93
Walleye pollock 0.19 0.00 0.79
Hyperiidea 0.11 0.00 1.14
Chionoecetes spp. 0.11 0.00 0.84
Misc Crustacea 0.11 0.00 1.72
Capreillidea 0.08 0.00 2.92
Unid Eggs 0.08 0.00 0.67
Misc Teleost 0.08 0.00 0.23
Agonidae 0.07 0.00 0.15
Misc Org 0.04 0.00 0.19
Fish Eggs 0.03 1.00 0.42
Misc Anomura 0.02 0.00 0.74
Misc Cephalopoda 0.02 0.00 0.14
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 0.50
Cancridea 0.01 0.00 0.33
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.01 0.00 0.12
Cottid 0.01 0.00 0.17
Misc Crab 0.00 0.00 0.19
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.00 0.00 0.30
Misc Majidae 0.00 0.00 0.21
Misc Mollusca 0.00 0.00 0.12
Misc Brachyura 0.00 0.00 0.10
Misc Amphipoda 0.00 0.00 0.32
Copepoda 0.00 0.00 0.12


Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1987


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