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Table 2. — Number of identified prey items, percentage of prey items <1.0 mm long, and distribution of types and percentages of prey 

 items as a fimction of apparent search volume (see textl for each species, depth, and size category offish examined. Given under each 

 interval of apparent search volume are the number of types of macrozooplankton prey and, in parentheses, the percentage of total prey 

 items whose apparent search volumes were in that interval. 



quent prey were euphausiids and P. xiphias; ex- 

 cept at 70 m and 90 m, respectively, ASV's for these 

 forms were relatively high. Generally ASV's of 

 other large prey were also high. 



Although there were no major between-depth 

 differences in diet composition, ASV's were gener- 

 ally higher for fish from 110 m than for those from 

 70 and 90 m (Table 2). Among the fish from 110 m, 



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