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Diet table for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 2011
Number of Full Stomachs : 274
Number of Hauls: 14

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Polychaeta 25.55 19.00 50.67
Bivalvia 16.44 7.00 32.15
Misc Worm 11.38 5.00 15.24
Sand Dollar 10.36 4.00 22.83
Brittle Star 9.19 10.00 32.60
Gammaridea 6.41 24.00 57.55
Misc Org 5.37 0.00 5.41
Pteropoda 4.45 8.00 8.83
Tunicate 2.49 2.00 6.74
Euphausiacea 1.35 0.00 5.50
Paguridae 1.25 0.00 2.25
Cnidaria 0.98 0.00 1.37
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.81 0.00 2.48
Misc Teleost 0.67 0.00 0.45
Mysidacea 0.33 0.00 2.15
Misc Amphipoda 0.22 0.00 2.77
Misc Majidae 0.18 1.00 7.94
Cumacea 0.16 1.00 13.58
Misc Shrimp 0.12 0.00 1.50
Cancridea 0.10 0.00 0.31
Sea Cucumber 0.08 0.00 0.29
Misc Mollusca 0.06 0.00 0.73
Capreillidea 0.05 0.00 2.62
Gastropod 0.04 0.00 1.88
Chaetognatha 0.04 1.00 0.74
Misc Crab 0.04 0.00 1.29
Tanner Crab 0.03 0.00 0.24
Hyperiidea 0.03 0.00 1.20
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 1.36
Misc Echinoderm 0.02 0.00 0.55
Misc Crustacea 0.02 0.00 0.93
Sea Urchin 0.00 0.00 0.31
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.00 0.00 0.24
Copepoda 0.00 0.00 0.60
Misc Lithodidae 0.00 0.00 0.55
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.40


Sample locations for Bering Sea Yellowfin sole, Limanda aspera, collected in 2011


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