collected during the spring and autumn bottom trawl survey cruises, 19tit)-72. (+ indicates present but <ii.\%.) 



Spotted hake Haddock Longfm hake Fourbeard reckling Marlin-spike Longnose grenadier Fawn cusk-eel Ocean pout 



0.5 



47.5 



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34.2 



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5.9 



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0.1 



0.4 



7.3 

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 + 

 3.9 

 4.1 

 + 

 0.1 

 + 



6.8 



20.8 



4.5 



0.1 

 0.2 

 U.2 



+ 



4.3 

 3.3 



1.8 



0.8 



24.0 



17.6 



16.2 



3.1 



29.9 



14.6 



2.0 

 1.6 

 1.3 



12.7 



6.4 

 0.1 

 2.6 

 1.4 

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 0.9 

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 0.3 

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 1.8 

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5.7 



21.6 



2.6 



12.9 

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+ 

 1.4 



1.0 

 8.9 

 8.7 



97.6 



12.5 



57.4 



60.3 

 8.7 



15.4 

 13.2 



12.5 



1.0 

 + 

 1.0 

 9.6 

 40.7 



4.7 

 0.4 



27.5 



47.3 



27.6 



7.8 

 4.0 



+ 



35.8 



24.8 



35.8 



99 



28.8 



2.5 



27.5 

 8.0 



2.5 



23.6 

 1.2 



0.3 



1.1 



0.3 



0.2 



0.5 



2.3 



1.1 



+ 

 1.0 



+ 

 301 



22.4 

 0.3 



2.8 

 366 



29.8 

 28.5 



+ 



2.4 



7.5 



4.9 



6.4 

 0.3 



+ 



0.7 



16.5 



0.2 



0.2 

 0.3 



2.3 



3.3 



11. 1 



4.0 



70.7 



0.1 



2.7 

 4.0 

 4.1 



3.0 



+ 



0.3 

 5.6 



+ 

 + 



0.5 

 0.3 

 T.9 

 0.8 



1.0 



0.6 

 3.3 



0.1 



64.9 

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0.1 



achs. Crustaceans are also a major prey category, 20.4%. 

 Within this group the toad crab (Majidae), Hyas co- 

 arctatus (l.T^l), and several species of pandalid shrimp 

 {4.1'>c), Pandalus borealis (3.3'p), P. propinquus (O.V'c), 

 and Dichelopandalus leptocerus (0.7%), were identified. 

 The Penaeidea (1.3%) also contributed a small amount 

 to the diet. The brittle star, Ophiopholus aculeata 

 (6.8%), was the only echinoderm preyed upon. 



Red hake, IJrophycis chuss. — Crustaceans (54.1%) 

 were the major prey of red hake. A number of different 

 families contributed to the diet, with the Pandalidae 

 (12.1%), especially the genus Dichelopandalus Cl.V'i), 

 being of primary importance. The galatheid crab, 

 Munida (10.2%), which is included under "Other Deca- 

 poda," was also a major dietary component. Of second- 

 ary importance were the Cancridae (5.3%), particularly 

 C. irroratus (2.1%); the Crangonidae (3.0%); the Axiidae 

 (2.0%); Axius (0.6%); Calocaris (1.2%); and a variety of 

 different species of amphipods (7.4%). Fish were also 

 important prey (25.3%). Clupeids (0.5%), Atlantic mac- 



kerel (0.4%), and the gadids (0.4%), such as silver hake 

 (0.2%) and other red hake (0.2'^c), all contributed to the 

 diet. The flatfish prey included Gulf Stream flounder, 

 Citharichthys arctifrons (0.5%), and the winter floun- 

 der, Pseudopleuronectes americanus (0.1%). Among the 

 category "Other Pisces" (23.5%), the wrymouth (1.1%) 

 and the snake eel, Omochelys cruentifer (0.9%), were 

 identified. The Mollusca also contributed to the diet 

 (6.3%), however, most of them were not identifiable to 

 below the class level. Of the gastropods consumed, only 

 Buccinum (0.2%) was identified to the genus level. Poly- 

 chaetes were also a minor prey group (2.9%), and a few 

 genera that could be identified from the partially di- 

 gested remains were Arenicola (0.1%), Nephtys (0.3%), 

 Sabella (0.1%), Aphrodita (0.1%), and Ophioglycera 

 (0.1%). 



Spotted hake, Urophycis regius. — Crustacea (47.5%) 

 form almost half the diet of spotted hake. Among the 

 most important contributors to this assemblage of 

 crustaceans were the galatheid crabs, Munida iris 



