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 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 344
Number of Hauls: 69

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Polychaeta	55.56	48.00	93.97
Misc Worm	18.51	8.00	32.88
Bivalvia	10.56	9.00	54.48
Gammaridea	6.72	21.00	65.98
Gastropod	1.95	2.00	13.08
Misc Org	1.71	1.00	9.16
Opilio Crab	1.53	0.00	1.16
Brittle Star	1.17	3.00	21.88
Sea Cucumber	0.73	0.00	1.74
Misc Crab	0.25	0.00	1.74
Chionoecetes spp.	0.23	0.00	1.21
Sand Dollar	0.13	0.00	4.23
Ammodytidae	0.12	0.00	0.16
Crangonidae (shrimp)	0.05	0.00	0.16
Misc Brachyura	0.03	0.00	0.29
Cumacea	0.02	0.00	7.61
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	2.57
Paguridae	0.01	0.00	0.29
Tunicate	0.00	0.00	0.29
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.43
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.64
Cancridea	0.00	0.00	0.16

Sample locations for Bering Sea Alaska plaice, Pleuronectes quadrituberculatus, collected in 1997

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