Appendix A. Predator and prey size data for each species.
TABLE A1. Species used in the analysis; Mass – Body mass (g); DNB – Diet Niche Breadth; Mean – Mean prey mass (g); Min – Minimum prey mass (g); Maximum prey mass (g); Var – Variance in prey mass.
Species |
N |
Mass |
DNB |
Mean |
Min |
Max |
Var |
Ammodytes hexapterus |
136 |
0.09 |
2.56 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
Anarhichas lupus |
124 |
0.14 |
2.02 |
0.01 |
< 0.01 |
3.12 |
0.22 |
Anarhichas minor |
39 |
0.23 |
1.23 |
1.05 |
< 0.01 |
14.36 |
< 0.01 |
Aspitrigla cuculus |
24 |
178.86 |
2.04 |
5.71 |
0.05 |
28.10 |
5.60 |
Carcharhinus isodon |
25 |
5595.60 |
1.00 |
33.82 |
8.80 |
92.60 |
419.47 |
Carcharhinus limbatus |
86 |
3686.40 |
1.00 |
34.56 |
0.63 |
110.61 |
593.21 |
Chionodraco rastrospinosus |
105 |
0.11 |
1.93 |
0.12 |
< 0.01 |
8.86 |
0.74 |
Clupea harengus |
13 |
114.98 |
2.04 |
0.33 |
0.28 |
0.83 |
0.02 |
Clupea pallasii |
25 |
12.42 |
1.54 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
0.02 |
< 0.01 |
Cynoscion regalis |
523 |
393.98 |
1.13 |
3.87 |
< 0.01 |
176.00 |
114.88 |
Dicentrarchus labrax |
1315 |
0.33 |
3.80 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
0.01 |
< 0.01 |
Gadus morhua |
2499 |
2712.43 |
1.26 |
53.80 |
< 0.01 |
3430.01 |
22104.31 |
Gasterosteus aculeatus |
20 |
2.64 |
2.83 |
0.02 |
< 0.01 |
0.16 |
< 0.01 |
Hemitripterus americanus |
403 |
678.20 |
1.04 |
94.72 |
< 0.01 |
1851.90 |
42404.30 |
Hexagrammos decagrammus |
25 |
1.15 |
2.11 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
0.02 |
< 0.01 |
Lepidorhombus whiffiagonis |
679 |
301.73 |
4.10 |
13.15 |
0.03 |
189.67 |
284.51 |
Lophius americanus |
409 |
3707.33 |
1.06 |
159.17 |
< 0.01 |
3007.60 |
81439.98 |
Lophius budegassa |
55 |
863.55 |
3.25 |
49.87 |
0.05 |
377.00 |
9183.04 |
Lophius piscatorius |
54 |
2842.05 |
4.28 |
118.96 |
1.52 |
1022.30 |
26298.51 |
Lumpenella longirostris |
37 |
0.02 |
1.00 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
Lumpenus sagitta |
21 |
0.04 |
1.00 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
0.02 |
< 0.01 |
Merlangius merlangus |
294 |
415.87 |
7.05 |
18.26 |
0.05 |
117.97 |
297.16 |
Merluccius bilinearis |
1389 |
202.59 |
1.12 |
23.68 |
< 0.01 |
428..75 |
1564.44 |
Merluccius merluccius |
280 |
798.63 |
4.04 |
52.41 |
0.01 |
376.77 |
4289.50 |
Mustelus canis |
1313 |
1965.73 |
1.42 |
19.09 |
< 0.01 |
3512.30 |
19053.40 |
Myoxocephalus octodecimspinosus |
299 |
262.67 |
1.62 |
3.03 |
< 0.01 |
80.00 |
70.39 |
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha |
78 |
0.20 |
2.57 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
0.21 |
< 0.01 |
Oncorhynchus keta |
47 |
4.75 |
1.68 |
0.03 |
< 0.01 |
0.30 |
< 0.01 |
Oncorhynchus nerka |
12 |
51.00 |
1.14 |
0.02 |
< 0.01 |
0.18 |
< 0.01 |
Ophiodon elongatus |
43 |
0.39 |
1.99 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
Paralichthys dentatus |
373 |
315.65 |
1.55 |
8.70 |
0.01 |
197.00 |
380.23 |
Paralichthys oblongus |
450 |
260.99 |
2.00 |
2.13 |
< 0.01 |
53.90 |
27.12 |
Pleuragramma antarcticum |
592 |
0.58 |
2.64 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
1.36 |
< 0.01 |
Pollachius virens |
576 |
2494.25 |
3.76 |
51.79 |
0.02 |
973.00 |
5037.11 |
Pomatomus saltatrix |
1288 |
1114.42 |
1.33 |
19.66 |
0.01 |
2012.30 |
7543.74 |
Raja clavata |
17 |
3605.88 |
3.37 |
35.09 |
0.83 |
110.43 |
1462.23 |
Raja erinacea |
838 |
463.77 |
1.79 |
5.16 |
< 0.01 |
409.36 |
496.62 |
Raja naevus |
30 |
5218.67 |
4.27 |
16.50 |
0.17 |
169.33 |
1162.81 |
Raja ocellata |
1290 |
4254.63 |
1.29 |
25.07 |
< 0.01 |
720.52 |
1739.51 |
Rhizoprionodon terraenovae |
161 |
1645.54 |
1.00 |
21.89 |
0.08 |
111.60 |
564.93 |
Scophthalmus aquosus |
307 |
235.19 |
1.07 |
4.64 |
< 0.01 |
58.30 |
61.63 |
Scyliorhinus canicula |
32 |
385.00 |
2.20 |
40.27 |
0.41 |
148.29 |
1204.63 |
Squalus acanthias |
3287 |
2547.65 |
1.34 |
45.23 |
< 0.01 |
1235.10 |
9431.75 |
Theragra chalcogramma |
127 |
0.70 |
4.10 |
< 0.01 |
< 0.01 |
0.59 |
< 0.01 |
Thunnus alalunga |
3581 |
4330.11 |
3.11 |
1.71 |
0.01 |
129.61 |
56.23 |
Thunnus albacares |
1985 |
26369.73 |
2.32 |
4.25 |
< 0.01 |
328.66 |
274.44 |
Thunnus obesus |
1888 |
14829.51 |
2.11 |
17.37 |
0.02 |
3579.10 |
7972.31 |
Thunnus thynnus |
1909 |
156452.94 |
4.41 |
64.44 |
0.01 |
4312.80 |
58251.27 |
Trisopterus luscus |
10 |
448.00 |
2.46 |
11.38 |
0.17 |
45.40 |
171.03 |
Trisopterus minutus |
15 |
35.87 |
2.19 |
0.91 |
0.03 |
8.73 |
4.79 |
Urophycis regia |
286 |
140.90 |
1.29 |
7.80 |
< 0.01 |
175.76 |
443.32 |
Urophycis tenuis |
791 |
1643.14 |
1.13 |
93.31 |
< 0.01 |
2875.00 |
32884.38 |
Urophysis chuss |
552 |
627.26 |
1.25 |
16.45 |
< 0.01 |
911.25 |
5012.50 |
Xiphias gladius |
827 |
84740.63 |
5.86 |
149.96 |
0.06 |
4587.10 |
166973.32 |
Zeus faber |
409 |
222.57 |
2.07 |
41.31 |
0.10 |
235.00 |
4950.33 |