Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, collected in 1990
Number of Full Stomachs : 341
Number of Hauls: 60

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	53.97	39.00	87.11
Bivalvia	19.08	22.00	45.18
Misc Worm	13.13	6.00	25.28
Gammaridea	7.70	18.00	44.24
Sand Dollar	1.25	2.00	13.18
Brittle Star	1.07	3.00	9.92
Opilio Crab	0.89	0.00	1.17
Gastropod	0.68	2.00	4.81
Tunicate	0.45	0.00	2.30
Sea Cucumber	0.36	0.00	1.70
Chionoecetes spp.	0.32	0.00	1.28
Ammodytidae	0.16	0.00	0.33
Cumacea	0.11	0.00	3.37
Misc Org	0.06	0.00	1.96
Misc Majidae	0.04	0.00	0.67
Cancridea	0.01	0.00	0.15
Mysidacea	0.00	0.00	0.19
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.17

Sample locations for Bering Sea Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, collected in 1990

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