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Table 11. Summary of other summer flounder diet studies for
the coastal Middle Atlantic Bight. (Major prey taxa ranked in relative
order of importance by: mean percent frequency of occurrence (FO), mean
percent contribution to total stomach content volume (TV), and mean percent
contribution to total stomach content weight (TW), as available from each
source.)
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Source
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Study Area
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Year(s)
(month(s), season(s),
and/or frequency)
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No. Examined
(size [TL cm]) or
age range, mean size)
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Primary Prey in Order of Importance
by FO, IRI, TDW, TN, TV, and/or TW
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| Linton (1901) |
Woods Hole, MA |
Unknown |
24 (unknown) |
FO -- Squid and fish (e.g., juvenile
scup). |
| Poole (1964) |
Great South Bay, NY |
1958-59 (summer/fall) |
1,210 (25-67, mostly 25-42) |
TW -- Crangon, juvenile winter flounder,
juvenile blue crabs, Neomysis, and northern pipefish.
FO -- Crangon, Neomysis, and northern
pipefish. |
| de Sylva et al. (1962) |
Delaware Bay shore |
1958 (bimonthly) |
26 (5-21) |
FO -- Neomysis, Crangon, Menidia, unidentified fish, and other crustaceans. |
| Langton and Bowman (1981) |
New Jersey - North Carolina |
1969-72 (spring/fall) |
44 (mean = 38) |
TW -- Loligo squid, juvenile silver
hake and scup, and Atlantic rock crab. |
| Kimmel (1973) |
Mouth of Chesapeake Bay |
1971-72 (spring/summer) |
35 (4-20)
36 (20-48) |
TV -- Neomysis and goby.
TV -- Neomysis, Crangon, and bay
anchovy. |
| Festa (1979) |
Little Egg Harbor, NJ |
1972-77 (summer/fall) |
25 (6-24)
13 (26-65) |
TV -- Fish (anchovy), Crangon, Palaemonetes sp., and Neomysis.
TV -- Fish (juvenile searobin and winter flounder,
silver perch, anchovy), and juvenile blue crab. |
| Smith and Daiber (1977) |
Delaware Bay |
Unknown |
131 (31-73) |
TV -- Juvenile weakfish, Crangon, Neomysis, bay anchovy, squid, Menidia, herring, and Pagurus sp. |
| Allen et al. (1978) |
Hereford Inlet, NJ |
1973-77 (biweekly/monthly) |
57 (1-55) |
FO -- Crangon, mysids, and fish. |
| Homer and Boynton (1978) |
Chesapeake Bay, MD |
1977 (summer) |
198 (5-27) |
TW -- Juvenile weakfish and spot, bay anchovy,
juvenile Atlantic menhaden, Crangon, amphipods, juvenile croaker,
mollusks, Menidia, Neomysis, and nematodes. |
| Steimle and Terranova (1991) |
New York Bight apex |
1982-85 (seasonally) |
20 (mean = ~30) |
FO -- Neomysis, fish, and amphipods. |
| Scarlett and Giust (1989) |
Manasquan River, NJ |
1984-86 (monthly) |
90 (19-44, mean = ~31) |
TV -- Juvenile blue crab, Crangon,
and fish (mummichog, sand lance, juvenile winter flounder, and unidentified
species). |
| Rountree and Able (1992) |
Little Egg Harbor, NJ |
1987-90 (summer) |
137 (17-31, mean = 23) |
TW -- Menidia, mummichog, Palaemonetes sp., and Crangon.
FO -- Crangon, Menidia, Palaemonetes
sp., and mummichog. |
| Steimle et al. (unpubl. data) |
Delaware Bay |
1989-94 (May/Jun and Aug/Sep) |
43 (23.0-56.0, mean = 35.3) |
TV -- Neomysis and unidentified fish
and mollusk remains. |
| Timmons (1995) |
Rehoboth Bay, DE |
1994 (summer) |
36 (8-25, mean = 13) |
TV -- Palaemonetes sp., juvenile blue
crab, other crabs and |
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