Table 2. Squalus acanthias diet by year.
| 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
| n | 145 | 33 | 117 |
| Salpidae | 24.0c | 3.6 | 12.1b |
| Copepoda | 14.4b | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| Euphausiacea | 15.5b | 1.5 | 10.2a |
| Reptant Decapoda | 5.5 | 17.6a | 2.6 |
| Macrouridae | 3.3 | 0.1 | 12.3b |
| Discarded fishes | 1.4 | 9.1 | 25.8c |
| Teuthoidea | 9.9a | 47.6c | 10.3a |
Mean of standardised percent prey weight within each year, for the prey types together contributing at least 90% of the SIMPER within group similarity for one or more groups. SIMPER percentage contribution to within group similarity:
a
3–10%;
b
10–30%;
c
>30%; no superscript, not identified by SIMPER as characteristic for that group; n, sample size.