Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1988
Number of Full Stomachs : 439
Number of Hauls: 41

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	25.02	17.00	52.72
Misc Worm	20.89	19.00	22.09
Bivalvia	9.67	6.00	23.20
Crangonidae (shrimp)	8.36	3.00	10.09
Gammaridea	6.17	30.00	49.24
Offal	4.70	0.00	3.14
Paguridae	4.56	0.00	7.95
Tunicate	3.65	3.00	8.53
Brittle Star	3.00	3.00	8.84
Sand Dollar	1.89	2.00	9.97
Euphausiacea	1.86	2.00	5.07
Misc Org	1.57	0.00	1.58
Ammodytidae	1.23	0.00	0.81
Mysidacea	1.13	1.00	3.70
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.10	0.00	0.48
Chionoecetes spp.	0.96	0.00	2.33
Misc Teleost	0.92	0.00	1.27
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.66	0.00	0.91
Stichaeidae	0.56	0.00	0.14
Misc Shrimp	0.44	0.00	0.68
Gastropod	0.33	0.00	1.20
Misc Echinoderm	0.22	0.00	0.30
Walleye pollock	0.18	0.00	0.54
Opilio Crab	0.15	0.00	0.81
Misc Majidae	0.11	0.00	0.19
Cumacea	0.10	1.00	11.16
Sea Cucumber	0.08	0.00	2.07
Northern rock sole	0.06	0.00	0.35
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	1.86
Cancridea	0.02	0.00	0.19
Cottid	0.01	0.00	0.15
Fish Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.63
Misc Lithodidae	0.01	0.00	0.14
Hyperiidea	0.01	0.00	0.47
Zoarcoidae	0.00	0.00	0.14
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.14
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.27

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1988

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