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Table 23. Summary of other striped bass 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), mean percent
contribution to total stomach content weight (TW), and mean percent contribution
to total number of individual items in the stomach (TN), 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 |
| Curran and Reis (1937) |
Lower Hudson River, NY |
1936 (unknown) |
Unknown ("small") |
FO? -- Gammarus fasciatus, chironomids,
and copepods. |
| Merriman (1941) |
Connecticut coast |
1936-37 (Apr-Nov) |
550 ("juveniles") |
FO? -- Menidia and juvenile Atlantic
menhaden. |
| Hollis (1952) |
Chesapeake Bay |
1936-37 (seasonally) |
1,736 (~14-74) |
TN -- Bay anchovy, Atlantic menhaden, spot,
croaker, herring, unidentified fish, cladocerans, isopods, Crangon,
and Palaemonetes sp. |
| de Sylva et al. (1962) |
Delaware Bay |
1958-60 (Mar-Dec) |
279 (4-31) |
FO -- Neomysis, Gammarus
sp., Crangon, Palaemonetes sp., other crustaceans, Limulus
polyphemus eggs and larvae, and unidentified fish. |
| Schaefer (1970) |
Southern Long Island surf zone |
1964 (Apr-Nov) |
61 (28-40)
|
TV -- Amphipods (Gammarus sp. and
haustorids), Neomysis, Atlantic surfclam, and bay anchovy. |
| 183 (41-60) |
TV -- Amphipods (Gammarus sp. and
haustorids), bay anchovy, Menidia, and scup. |
| 123 (61-94) |
TV -- Amphipods (Gammarus sp. and
haustorids), red hake, Ovalipes ocellatus, scup, bay anchovy, juvenile
tautog, northern puffer, and mullet. |
| Markle and Grant (1970) |
York River, VA |
1967 (Jul-Oct) |
297 (3-15) |
TV -- Fish (goby, Menidia, and shiners),
Palaemonetes sp., Crangon, Neomysis, and polychaetes.
|
| Festa (1979) |
Little Egg Harbor, NJ |
1972-77 (fall) |
11 (43-58) |
TV -- Sand lance, weakfish, unidentified fish,
and Crangon.
FO -- Sand lance, unidentified fish, and Crangon.
|
| Gardinier and Hoff (1982) |
Middle Hudson River Estuary |
1974 (Apr-Nov) |
546 (<15) |
FO -- Gammarus sp., calanoid copepods,
and juvenile fish (Atlantic tomcod). |
| |
(15-28) |
FO -- Fish (herring, Atlantic tomcod, bay anchovy, banded
killifish, and mummichog). |
| 1976-77 (Apr-May) |
380 (>20) |
FO -- Fish (herring, bay anchovy, shiners,
and killifish), detritus, and "invertebrates." |
| Boynton et al. (1981) |
Potomac River, VA/MD |
1976 (biweekly, Jun-Sep, higher salinity area) |
703 (2.5-10) |
TN -- Fish, mysids, and polychaetes. |
| Homer and Boynton (1978) |
Chesapeake Bay, MD |
1977 (spring) |
19 (10-15) |
TW -- Crangon, juvenile Atlantic menhaden,
Nereis succinea, bay anchovy, and juvenile spot. |
| Lawler, Matusky & Skelly Engineers (1980) |
Hudson River, NY |
1979-80 (seasonally) |
239 (mean = 18.50) |
TV -- Gammarus sp., Crangon,
Paleomonetes sp., and Neomysis. |
| Fay et al. (1982) |
Hudson River |
Unknown |
(<7.5) |
FO? -- Gammarus sp., calanoid
copepods, and insect larva. |
|
(7.6-12.5) |
FO? -- Gammarus sp. and calanoid copepods. |
| (13-20) |
FO? -- Atlantic tomcod. |
| Fay et al. (1982) |
Delaware River |
Unknown |
(5-10) |
FO? -- Neomysis and Crangon. |
| Fay et al. (1982) |
Chesapeake Bay |
Unknown |
(7-15) |
FO? -- Naked goby and Palaemonetes
sp. |
| (10-27) |
FO? -- Bay anchovy. |
| Hartman and Brandt (1995) |
Chesapeake Bay |
1990-92 (bimonthly) |
(age 0) |
TW -- Juvenile Atlantic menhaden, spot, and
other fish. |
|
(age 1) |
TW -- "Invertebrates," Atlantic menhaden, bay
anchovy, and Gammarus sp. |
| (age 2) |
TW -- Atlantic menhaden, spot, and other fish. |
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