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Table 2 
Stomach contents of small, medium, and large Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), PdS, PdM, PdL; small, medium, and 
large Weakfish ( Cynoscion regalis), CrS, CrM, CrL; small and large Bluefish ( Pomatomus saltatrix ), PsS, PsL; Striped Bass ( Mo- 
rone saxatilis), Ms, for this study of habitat and diet overlap of these 4 piscivorous fishes. All samples were collected in 2005 
off the coast of New Jersey. Diet is summarized by month and for all months. %W ^ is the proportion of identifiable prey to the 
diet by weight. Note that proportions from cluster estimators do not add up to 100 % in all cases (see main text for calculation). 
An asterisk (*) indicates groups with insufficient sample sizes for inclusion in the analysis with nonmetric multidimensional 
scaling. UID=unidentified. 
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CrM 
42 
52.9 
33.4 
0.7 
9.4 
0.7 
2.9 
CrL* 
1 
21.2 
78.8 
PdS 
30 
10.0 
21.8 
2.7 
5.3 
20.9 
9.7 
3.3 
21.5 
1.7 
PdM 
42 
1.5 
73.3 
0.8 
6.1 
4.9 
< 0.1 
< 0.1 
2.1 
0.1 
8.3 
2.8 
PdL 
26 
0.3 
10.3 
0.1 
0.1 
88.1 
1.1 
PsL* 
4 
94.0 
6.0 
Jul 
CrM 
116 
15.6 
1.5 
0.9 
4.2 
0.1 
1.7 
1.6 
62.4 
1.5 
5.1 
3.4 
0.5 
1.3 
PdS 
39 
4.2 
16.4 
18.7 
24.7 
2.7 
1.8 
2.6 
20.6 
0.6 
1.6 
4.7 
1.4 
PdM 
74 
2.9 
0.9 
9.8 
15.8 
35.3 
23.8 
0.3 
3.0 
4.8 
0.4 
0.6 
< 0.1 
0.1 
1.4 
< 0.1 
0.7 
PdL* 
12 
1.4 
61.6 
24.3 
9.5 
1.9 
1.1 
0.1 
PsS 
18 
29.9 
31.3 
38.8 
0.1 
PsL* 
3 
19.1 
52.6 
28.2 
0.1 
Aug 
CrS 
99 
5.1 
4.8 
42.1 
0.2 
36.3 
3.2 
7.0 
0.2 
0.2 
0.9 
CrM 
84 
7.6 
10.0 
23.5 
28.5 
1.2 
1.6 
16.3 
8.0 
0.8 
0.2 
0.2 
2.0 
0.2 
CrL* 
5 
10.9 
54.2 
10.1 
0.7 
0.1 
0.1 
24.0 
Ms 
11 
2.2 
6.1 
< 0.1 
0.2 
< 0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
45.3 
0.6 
< 0.1 
0.1 
PdS 
64 
10.6 
8.4 
21.5 
0.4 
7.9 
4.7 
37.9 
4.0 
2.8 
0.6 
0.7 
PdM 
178 
2.5 
0.8 
7.6 
1.2 
41.0 
11.8 
6.2 
4.3 
19.7 
0.1 
0.3 
0.4 
0.1 
3.5 
0.3 
PdL 
62 
1.4 
0.6 
28.9 
2.6 
29.7 
6.4 
0.1 
0.7 
0.7 
0.3 
< 0.1 
28.0 
0.5 
PsS 
105 
56.3 
19.3 
9.5 
0.6 
12.3 
< 0.1 
0.5 
< 0.1 
0.3 
0.8 
0.5 
PsL* 
17 
29.7 
0.2 
0.4 
18.2 
< 0.1 
23.5 
4.2 
0.2 
Sep 
CrS 
96 
20.5 
8.7 
33.4 
< 0.1 
33.5 
0.4 
1.4 
0.2 
0.8 
1.1 
CrM 
45 
33.1 
2.3 
25.3 
34.5 
0.1 
4.1 
< 0.1 
0.1 
0.4 
CrL* 
5 
83.5 
1.7 
10.7 
4.1 
PdS* 
3 
23.0 
77.0 
PdM 
74 
17.8 
10.4 
12.8 
1.3 
13.4 
13.7 
2.3 
1.6 
13.2 
0.4 
2.5 
7.2 
1.7 
0.2 
1.7 
PdL* 
8 
5.0 
11.5 
19.7 
14.6 
3.9 
45.3 
PsS 
147 
13.2 
16.7 
64.2 
< 0.1 
5.6 
0.1 
0.2 
PsL* 
2 
100.0 
Oct 
CrS 
130 
10.2 
2.9 
< 0.1 
51.7 
0.4 
23.2 
0.3 
9.4 
1.0 
0.2 
0.7 
CrM 
75 
3.8 
0.5 
13.3 
71.7 
< 0.1 
0.1 
2.8 
3.7 
1.0 
0.6 
2.0 
0.1 
0.3 
CrL 
66 
0.5 
0.2 
20.7 
70.3 
0.2 
< 0.1 
0.7 
0.5 
0.2 
6.2 
0.4 
Ms 
37 
16.0 
0.3 
10.1 
0.5 
6.9 
19.2 
29.0 
2.7 
8.2 
1.0 
0.3 
1.8 
2.6 
0.1 
0.9 
0.2 
PdS* 
3 
23.6 
6.2 
2.2 
34.9 
30.9 
2.2 
PdM 
79 
13.3 
4.7 
2.3 
9.5 
1.3 
43.1 
1.7 
0.4 
0.3 
13.2 
0.9 
0.3 
1.1 
6.6 
< 0.1 
1.3 
PdL* 
13 
1.9 
26.7 
26.7 
0.7 
< 0.1 
44.0 
< 0.1 
PsS 
130 
30.1 
3.8 
1.3 
2.8 
2.6 
46.8 
< 0.1 
< 0.1 
0.1 
12.1 
0.3 
PsL 
52 
15.5 
7.2 
25.2 
4.0 
6.7 
35.3 
5.0 
1.1 
All 
CrS 
325 
11.4 
4.8 
< 0.1 
45.0 
0.3 
28.9 
1.0 
6.9 
0.6 
0.2 
0.2 
0.8 
months CrM 
362 
10.7 
3.4 
5.0 
6.2 
40.3 
< 0.1 
0.7 
0.8 
23.6 
3.8 
2.6 
1.0 
0.8 
0.7 
0.6 
CrL 
77 
1.1 
0.6 
19.8 
69.2 
0.5 
0.1 
0.7 
0.5 
0.2 
5.9 
1.3 
Ms 
48 
8.3 
0.2 
5.3 
0.2 
3.6 
1.1 
10.0 
18.0 
1.4 
4.3 
0.6 
0.1 
0.9 
1.4 
21.8 
0.8 
< 0.1 
0.1 
PdS 
139 
4.8 
3.4 
4.7 
9.2 
22.6 
1.5 
4.2 
2.9 
26.9 
2.0 
6.7 
3.5 
1.0 
4.7 
1.1 
PdM 
447 
7.8 
3.6 
16.8 
3.2 
4.3 
2.6 
29.7 
8.3 
1.8 
1.5 
10.9 
0.4 
1.0 
1.4 
0.1 
< 0.1 
5.1 
< 0.1 
1.4 
PdL 
121 
1.0 
0.7 
4.2 
4.8 
10.9 
2.3 
16.5 
2.7 
< 0.1 
0.2 
0.3 
0.2 
< 0.1 
55.4 
0.6 
PsS 
400 
33.5 
8.7 
0.9 
3.8 
1.9 
41.7 
< 0.1 
0.1 
< 0.1 
0.1 
0.1 
9.0 
< 0.1 
0.3 
PsL 
78 
17.0 
0.1 
6.4 
0.4 
22.2 
3.7 
6.0 
33.3 
< 0.1 
< 0.1 
2.6 
4.8 
1.0 
