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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1991
Number of Full Stomachs : 651
Number of Hauls: 79

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Misc Worm 19.49 10.00 20.35
Polychaeta 14.70 17.00 28.78
Bivalvia 8.68 5.00 11.04
Gammaridea 8.46 16.00 38.79
Euphausiacea 6.29 5.00 7.94
Brittle Star 5.97 8.00 13.81
Crangonidae (shrimp) 5.89 3.00 5.38
Misc Org 2.81 3.00 9.05
Opilio Crab 2.54 2.00 4.07
Paguridae 2.51 1.00 4.31
Sand Dollar 2.50 2.00 5.38
Sea Cucumber 2.43 0.00 2.45
Offal 2.31 0.00 0.85
Misc Teleost 1.91 0.00 1.61
Chionoecetes spp. 1.83 1.00 2.52
Misc Mollusca 1.77 1.00 3.30
Misc Crab 1.64 1.00 2.90
Gastropod 1.52 1.00 3.37
Walleye pollock 1.30 0.00 0.70
Cumacea 1.05 6.00 10.23
Pteropoda 1.00 0.00 1.55
Cnidaria 0.65 0.00 0.56
Misc Shrimp 0.44 0.00 1.48
Cottid 0.38 0.00 0.73
Ammodytidae 0.37 0.00 0.32
Mysidacea 0.20 0.00 1.59
Misc Crustacea 0.15 0.00 1.50
Misc Amphipoda 0.13 1.00 2.18
Tunicate 0.13 0.00 0.13
Tanner Crab 0.12 0.00 0.41
Sea Urchin 0.10 0.00 0.61
Copepoda 0.06 0.00 0.95
Misc Majidae 0.04 0.00 0.28
Capreillidea 0.03 0.00 0.65
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 0.13
Chaetognatha 0.01 0.00 0.14
Hyperiidea 0.01 0.00 0.38
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.00 0.00 0.13


Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1991


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