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Table 27. Summary of other bluefish diet studies for the
coastal Middle Atlantic Bight. (Major prey taxa ranked in relative order
of importance by: mean percent frequency of occurrence (FO), mean percent
contribution to total stomach content volume (TV), and mean percent contribution
to total stomach content weight (TW), as available from each source.) |
|
Source |
Study Area |
Year(s)
(month(s), season(s),
and/or frequency) |
No. Examined
(size [TL cm]) or
age range, mean size) |
Primary Prey in Order of Importance
by FO, IRI, TDW, TN, TV, and/or TW |
| Peck (1896) |
Woods Hole, MA |
1893 (Jul-Aug) |
38 (?) |
FO -- Atlantic menhaden, butterfish, herring,
squid, and YOY fish. |
| Breder (1922a) |
Atlantic City, NJ |
1920 (Aug) |
31 (14-21) |
TV -- Butterfish, juvenile spot, unidentified
fish, and plant material. |
| Grant (1962) |
Indian River, DE |
1956-58 (summer) |
262 (3-24) |
TV -- Mummichog, juvenile Atlantic menhaden, Menidia, bay anchovy, and unidentified fish.
FO -- Unidentified fish, juvenile Atlantic menhaden, Menidia, mummichog, and polychaetes. |
| de Sylva et al. (1962) |
Delaware Bay shore |
1958-60 (summer) |
152 (4-23) |
FO -- Unidentified fish, Menidia, Neomysis, Crangon, herring, and bay anchovy. |
| Festa (1979) |
Little Egg Harbor, NJ |
1972-77 (summer/fall) |
16 (6-10)
|
TV -- Palaemonetes sp., unidentified fish, Nereis sp., Nephtys sp., and Menidia.
FO -- Unidentified fish, crab larvae, and Nereis sp. |
| 62 (11-20) |
TV -- Unidentified fish, mummichog, Menidia, juvenile
blue crab, and bay anchovy.
FO -- Unidentified fish, Crangon, detritus, bay anchovy, Menidia,
and Neomysis. |
| Allen et al. (1978) |
Hereford Inlet, NJ |
1973-77 (biweekly/monthly) |
301 (3-18) |
FO -- Unidentified fish, Crangon, Menidia, crab larvae, juvenile spot, and shrimp larvae. |
| Bason et al. (1976) |
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, DE |
1975 (spring-summer) |
201 (5-33) |
TV -- Bay anchovy, juvenile Atlantic menhaden,
juvenile weakfish, unidentified fish, Menidia, and juvenile bluefish. |
| Lynch et al. (1977) |
Raritan River and Bay |
1976-77 (Apr-Mar) |
10 (3-22) |
FO? -- Mummichog, bay anchovy, Menidia, Crangon, Palaemonetes sp., and fish. |
| 39 (39+) |
FO? -- Atlantic menhaden, spot, bay anchovy,
and Crangon. |
| Friedland et al. (1988) |
Sandy Hook Bay, NJ |
1981-84 (spring-summer) |
1,079 (9-18) |
TW -- Bay anchovy, Crangon, Menidia, Neomysis, striped killifish, and Palaemonetes sp.
FO -- Crangon, Neomysis, bay anchovy, Menidia, Palaemonetes sp., and striped killifish. |
| Scarlett and Giust (1989) |
Manasquan River, NJ |
1984-86 (summer) |
211 (9-29, mean = ~15) |
TV -- Bay anchovy, Menidia, Crangon,
unidentified fish, Gammarus sp., and juvenile weakfish. |
| Juanes et al. (1993) |
Hudson River, NY |
1989 (Jul-Oct) |
374 (YOY) |
TW -- Atlantic tomcod, unidentified
fish, juvenile striped bass, juvenile bluefish, and bay anchovy. |
| Juanes and Conover |
Great South Bay, NY |
1989 (Jun-Jul) |
256 (YOY) |
TW (Jun) -- Menidia,
"shrimp," other fish, and bay |
| Hartman and Brandt (1995) |
Chesapeake Bay |
1990-92 (bimonthly) |
100 (age 0)
|
TW -- Bay anchovy, juvenile
Atlantic menhaden, Menidia. |
| 132 (age 1) |
TW -- Spot, juvenile Atlantic menhaden, and
other fish. |
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