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NOAA-EDAB / benthosindex

Analyses evaluating stomach data to create benthic forage indices for ecosystem modeling
https://noaa-edab.github.io/benthosindex/
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Review potential predator lists #7

Open sgaichas opened 1 year ago

sgaichas commented 1 year ago

Options for predator list:

  1. Use all predators

  2. Screen out predator groups less likely to be benthivores

sgaichas commented 1 year ago

Discussion: don't want to dilute stomach contents by adding predators with little to no benthic prey

A quick review of categories from cluster analysis suggests we should include all but those classified as planktivoves and piscivores: this would be leaving out the blue and gold categories below.

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