[2022 CBL Seine Dissection Results] - Stomach dissection results from fish caught in Chesapeake Biological Laboratory's seine survey in Summer 2022 (Planktonic Omnivores and Stable Isotopes: Developing, Validating and Field-testing a Multi-species Functional Response Model)

The fish were kept based on morphology, where those that could physically consume a mysid shrimp were kept and frozen to be dissected at a later date. The dissection data include the individual fish identification number, date the fish was caught, location fish was caught, species of fish, total length of fish, full and empty weights of the fish, and the presence of various prey items (unidentifiable material, amphipods, polychaetes, mysids, unidentifiable crustaceans, isopods, barnacles, bivalves, miscellaneous larvae, insects, fish, foliage, diatoms, algae, potential parasites), the items found in the stomachs, and comments about each dissection.

Dissections took place from September 2022 to January 2023. Laboratory scalpels and forceps were used to remove the organs from the fish, and a dissecting microscope was used to identify the stomach contents visually. Sampling was done by various students and technicians at Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, and dissections were done by Lael Collins.