| spatial and temporal variation in the diet of the pacific sand lance ammodytes hexapterus in waters off the coast of british columbia, canada. | variation in the diet of the pacific sand lance ammodytes hexapterus was examined in three years (2009-2011) at four sites in british columbia, canada. there were 12 major taxa of prey in diets, eight of which were crustacea, with copepods being by far the dominant taxon in all 12 site-years. of the 22 copepod taxa recorded, only calanus marshallae and pseudocalanus spp. occurred in all collections, and these two calanoid species dominated diets in terms of frequency of occurrence and total numb ... | 2013 | 24580657 |