Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1994
Number of Full Stomachs : 615
Number of Hauls: 81

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	30.50	27.00	48.75
Misc Worm	14.43	3.00	10.08
Gammaridea	11.26	27.00	47.22
Bivalvia	8.90	5.00	20.43
Brittle Star	4.95	6.00	12.29
Sea Cucumber	4.74	2.00	3.07
Misc Org	4.50	0.00	11.92
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.01	0.00	3.10
Paguridae	2.71	1.00	3.88
Sand Dollar	2.61	2.00	9.27
Gastropod	1.26	1.00	4.01
Walleye pollock	1.23	0.00	0.51
Mysidacea	1.08	2.00	4.60
Euphausiacea	1.00	1.00	4.70
Tunicate	0.99	2.00	4.02
Ammodytidae	0.88	0.00	0.29
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.75	0.00	0.66
Hyperiidea	0.49	1.00	2.74
Misc Teleost	0.44	0.00	1.38
Opilio Crab	0.36	0.00	0.14
Cumacea	0.35	1.00	10.74
Cnidaria	0.33	0.00	0.88
Misc Shrimp	0.31	0.00	1.47
Misc Gadidae	0.20	0.00	0.14
Isopoda	0.20	1.00	1.92
Misc Echinoderm	0.18	0.00	1.43
Misc Crab	0.17	0.00	0.30
Capreillidea	0.12	0.00	3.16
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.12	0.00	0.27
Stichaeidae	0.11	0.00	0.12
Misc Mollusca	0.09	0.00	0.93
Copepoda	0.07	0.00	0.14
Misc Lithodidae	0.06	0.00	0.18
Misc Crustacea	0.04	0.00	1.52
Pteropoda	0.04	0.00	1.01
Offal	0.04	0.00	0.12
Misc Majidae	0.02	0.00	0.31
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.35
Chionoecetes spp.	0.01	0.00	0.12
Northern rock sole	0.00	0.00	0.12
Agonidae	0.00	0.00	0.30
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.14
Alaska plaice	0.00	0.00	0.26
Cottid	0.00	0.00	0.12
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.00	0.00	0.18
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.12
Misc Flatfish	0.00	0.00	0.21
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.12
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.12

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1994

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