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Food items reported for Balaena mysticetus
n = 51
Food I Food II Food III Food name Country Predator Stage
nekton finfish bony fish Myoxocephalus quadricornis Alaska juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Boreogadus saida Alaska juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish Pungitius pungitius Alaska juv./adults
nekton finfish bony fish unspecified fish Alaska adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Apherusa glacialis Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Weyprechtia heuglini Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Atylus carinatus Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Rozinante fragilis Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Gammaracanthus loricatus Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Gammarus sp. Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unspecified gammarids Alaska adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods unspecified Lysianassidae Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Acanthostepheia behringiensis Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Acanthostepheia incarinata Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Onisimus glacialis Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. amphipods Onisimus litoralis Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods Saduria entomon Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. isopods unspecified isopods Alaska adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified cumaceans Alaska adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans unspecified decapods Alaska adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. n.a./other benth. crustaceans Diastylis sp. Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Sabinea septemcarinata Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns unspecified Crangonidae Alaska juv./adults
zoobenthos benth. crust. shrimps/prawns Eualus gaimardii Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanoessa inermis Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanoessa inermis Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanoessa raschii Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. euphausiids Thysanoessa raschii Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids Mysis litoralis Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. mysids unspecified mysids Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Hyperia medusarum Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Hyperia sp. Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Themisto abyssorum Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. n.a./other plank. crustaceans Themisto libellula Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Chiridius obtusifrons Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Chiridius obtusifrons Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Jaschnovia tolli Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanus cristatus Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanus finmarchicus Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanus glacialis Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanus hyperboreus Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Calanus hyperboreus Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Limnocalanus grimaldii Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Pseudocalanus sp. Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Paraeuchaeta glacialis Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Heterorhabdus sp. Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Heterorhabdus sp. Alaska juv./adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods unspecified hyperiids Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Metridea lucens Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Metridia longa Alaska adults
zooplankton plank. crust. plank. copepods Metridia lucens Alaska juv./adults
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