Walter and Austin: Diet composition of Morone saxatilis in Chesapeake Bay 



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Tidal Freshwater, 458-7 10 mm 



(« =43) 



menhaden 

 unk clupeid ,„, 

 2% ' '» 



Tidal Freshwater. 711 mm and above 



(n=39) 



white perch 



Mesohaline, 458-710 mm 



(H=70) 



gizzard shad 

 89% 



Mesohaline, 711 mm and above 



("=12) 



river herring 

 blue crab 40/^ 



11% 



croaker / 

 19% / 



spotted hake \';////,';,';,z:';' 



white perch ^s'W4<~^~^^^~^^^~^~^~^^^-^^^>^^^ 



Figure 2 



Percentage by weight of prey in the diets of striped bass captured in the spring (February-June). Note that only 

 stomachs with contents other than bait were used in the construction of these figures. 



