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 1989
Number of Full Stomachs : 751
Number of Hauls: 96

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	27.32	12.00	52.67
Misc Worm	22.93	9.00	19.63
Gammaridea	11.60	22.00	47.76
Bivalvia	9.22	6.00	20.60
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.91	4.00	4.67
Sand Dollar	3.40	3.00	11.63
Brittle Star	2.74	4.00	10.02
Misc Shrimp	2.65	3.00	3.95
Gastropod	1.75	0.00	2.89
Paguridae	1.58	0.00	2.05
Misc Org	1.24	0.00	2.53
Walleye pollock	1.23	0.00	1.32
Euphausiacea	1.18	0.00	2.85
Chionoecetes spp.	1.10	1.00	1.53
Misc Majidae	0.81	0.00	1.25
Ammodytidae	0.81	0.00	0.90
Tanner Crab	0.69	0.00	0.45
Pteropoda	0.69	1.00	0.84
Cumacea	0.68	3.00	13.79
Mysidacea	0.50	0.00	2.01
Misc Anomura	0.50	0.00	0.95
Capreillidea	0.45	1.00	3.15
Sea Cucumber	0.41	0.00	0.83
Misc Crustacea	0.23	0.00	0.80
Stichaeidae	0.19	0.00	0.21
Misc Teleost	0.18	0.00	0.54
Fish Eggs	0.16	0.00	0.21
Northern rock sole	0.14	0.00	0.23
Misc Echinoderm	0.13	0.00	0.74
Offal	0.12	0.00	0.22
Chaetognatha	0.10	1.00	0.76
Cnidaria	0.07	0.00	0.78
Sea Urchin	0.05	1.00	0.74
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.03	0.00	0.31
Cancridea	0.02	0.00	0.31
Misc Amphipoda	0.01	0.00	0.21
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.01	0.00	0.10
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.28
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.26

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1989

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