Main Ref. | Talent, L.G., 1976 | ||
Fish stage | recruits/juv. | Mean length | 70.00 TL |
Sample size | 70 | Percent empty | |
Country | USA | Locality | Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California, October 1971 - November 1972 |
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Diet percent | Food I | Food II | Food III | Prey stage | Item Name | Comments |
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1.00 % | plants | other plants | benthic algae/weeds | n.a./others | benthic algae/weeds | |
1.30 % | zoobenthos | mollusks | bivalves | juv./adults | bivalves | |
2.30 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Pachygrapsus crassipes | Pachygrapsus crassipes |
4.30 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Cancer antennarius | Cancer antennarius |
10.80 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Cancer productus | Cancer productus |
11.30 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Cancer gracilis | Cancer gracilis |
38.90 % | zoobenthos | benth. crust. | crabs | juv./adults | Hemigrapsus oregonensis | 30.2% Hemigrapsus oregonensis, 7.2% unid. crab parts, 1.1% Callianassa californiensis, 0.2% Blepharipoda occidentalis, 0.2% Crangon sp. |
15.20 % | zooplankton | fish (early stages) | fish eggs/larvae | eggs | fish eggs | |
13.40 % | zoobenthos | worms | non-annelids | juv./adults | Urechis caupo | Urechis caupo |
1.50 % | zoobenthos | worms | polychaetes | juv./adults | polychaetes |