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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1992
Number of Full Stomachs : 616
Number of Hauls: 85

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Polychaeta 19.65 16.00 34.79
Misc Worm 16.70 8.00 11.81
Gammaridea 12.39 9.00 38.86
Bivalvia 10.82 9.00 14.40
Sand Dollar 7.60 8.00 13.63
Euphausiacea 7.41 7.00 10.86
Brittle Star 5.88 10.00 18.27
Crangonidae (shrimp) 4.38 3.00 3.26
Paguridae 1.90 1.00 2.70
Misc Org 1.70 0.00 2.78
Misc Mollusca 1.58 0.00 1.67
Gastropod 1.35 2.00 4.56
Offal 0.96 0.00 0.41
Chionoecetes spp. 0.90 0.00 1.29
Cumacea 0.72 1.00 6.12
Pteropoda 0.71 0.00 2.35
Misc Shrimp 0.56 0.00 0.58
Sea Cucumber 0.51 0.00 0.92
Cottid 0.39 0.00 1.18
Misc Crab 0.39 0.00 1.22
Hyperiidea 0.33 2.00 3.91
Northern rock sole 0.26 1.00 1.67
Mysidacea 0.22 1.00 1.83
Pacific halibut 0.11 0.00 0.65
Misc Teleost 0.10 0.00 0.98
Cnidaria 0.10 0.00 0.28
Misc Gadidae 0.09 0.00 0.65
Misc Crustacea 0.08 0.00 0.51
Walleye pollock 0.07 0.00 0.39
Octopoda 0.04 0.00 0.13
Copepoda 0.04 0.00 0.69
Isopoda 0.04 0.00 0.20
Tanner Crab 0.03 0.00 0.25
Alaska plaice 0.02 0.00 0.13
Cancridea 0.02 0.00 0.33
Greenland turbot 0.02 0.00 0.13
Opilio Crab 0.02 0.00 0.33
Cyclopteridae 0.01 0.00 0.39
Misc Brachyura 0.01 0.00 0.47
Capreillidea 0.00 0.00 0.36
Misc Flatfish 0.00 0.00 0.13
Misc Anomura 0.00 0.00 0.17
Agonidae 0.00 0.00 0.13
Misc Amphipoda 0.00 0.00 0.12


Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1992


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