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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 491
Number of Hauls: 79

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Polychaeta 23.83 24.00 39.75
Misc Worm 21.10 11.00 13.93
Gammaridea 11.92 11.00 43.45
Bivalvia 10.96 12.00 15.63
Brittle Star 5.57 6.00 15.17
Paguridae 5.23 4.00 5.44
Sand Dollar 2.77 3.00 4.33
Euphausiacea 2.70 1.00 3.93
Misc Org 2.69 0.00 3.06
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.67 2.00 3.01
Gastropod 2.10 1.00 2.57
Tanner Crab 2.07 1.00 1.59
Ammodytidae 1.82 1.00 1.07
Walleye pollock 0.69 0.00 0.35
Cancridea 0.62 1.00 0.93
Sea Cucumber 0.53 0.00 0.60
Misc Teleost 0.51 1.00 1.80
Cumacea 0.37 1.00 5.38
Mysidacea 0.28 0.00 0.83
Opilio Crab 0.27 0.00 0.60
Stichaeidae 0.19 0.00 0.42
Chionoecetes spp. 0.15 0.00 0.46
Zoarcoidae 0.15 0.00 0.13
Misc Crab 0.13 0.00 0.39
Cnidaria 0.10 0.00 0.42
Capreillidea 0.10 0.00 0.43
Isopoda 0.10 0.00 0.53
Misc Shrimp 0.07 0.00 0.63
Misc Cephalopoda 0.07 0.00 0.25
Cottid 0.05 0.00 0.32
Misc Crustacea 0.04 0.00 0.16
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.02 0.00 0.16
Northern rock sole 0.01 0.00 0.14
Sea Urchin 0.00 0.00 0.25


Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1993


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