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 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 297
Number of Hauls: 44

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Misc Worm	22.49	5.00	11.66
Bivalvia	17.28	19.00	29.29
Polychaeta	14.35	12.00	29.64
Gammaridea	8.77	16.00	40.34
Brittle Star	7.35	8.00	20.53
Misc Org	4.30	1.00	8.19
Euphausiacea	2.91	2.00	5.02
Crangonidae (shrimp)	2.04	1.00	2.47
Misc Majidae	1.86	1.00	1.15
Osmerid	1.69	0.00	0.25
Cumacea	1.63	8.00	11.44
Gastropod	1.44	1.00	2.18
Misc Crab	1.17	1.00	2.56
Paguridae	1.15	1.00	2.63
Isopoda	1.03	1.00	0.55
Sea Cucumber	0.88	0.00	1.82
Opilio Crab	0.82	0.00	1.49
Misc Brachyura	0.80	0.00	1.14
Tanner Crab	0.78	0.00	0.82
Misc Flatfish	0.55	1.00	0.25
Misc Amphipoda	0.48	0.00	3.29
Ammodytidae	0.41	0.00	0.57
Mysidacea	0.35	0.00	1.86
Misc Shrimp	0.33	0.00	1.14
Chionoecetes spp.	0.32	0.00	0.73
Sand Dollar	0.31	2.00	3.54
Misc Crustacea	0.18	0.00	1.36
Misc Teleost	0.04	1.00	1.09
Sea Urchin	0.04	0.00	1.14
Capreillidea	0.04	0.00	0.65
Tunicate	0.02	0.00	0.23
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.25
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.23

Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 1997

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