Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Alaska plaice Home

Diet table for Bering Sea Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, collected in 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 248
Number of Hauls: 61

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	61.37	58.00	90.74
Misc Worm	13.51	7.00	20.55
Gammaridea	10.27	5.00	54.37
Bivalvia	8.15	10.00	25.52
Sea Cucumber	2.71	3.00	5.25
Ammodytidae	1.73	0.00	1.64
Cnidaria	0.88	1.00	3.17
Brittle Star	0.43	1.00	5.05
Misc Mollusca	0.25	0.00	0.74
Cumacea	0.23	0.00	3.28
Sand Dollar	0.12	0.00	1.48
Misc Org	0.11	0.00	1.07
Gastropod	0.05	0.00	1.72
Paguridae	0.05	0.00	0.33
Chionoecetes spp.	0.04	0.00	0.74
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.03	0.00	0.33
Misc Majidae	0.02	0.00	0.33
Opilio Crab	0.01	0.00	0.41
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.33
Misc Crab	0.00	0.00	0.33

Sample locations for Bering Sea Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, collected in 1993

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