Table 3 Similarity percentage (SIMPER) analysis of food items contributing to diet dissimilarity.

From: Comparative study of ontogenetic trophic transition in large yellow croaker from Hong Kong and Taiwan using metabarcoding and isotope analysis

Food items

HK juvenile

HK adult

Average dissimilarity = 73.43%

Avg. Abund

Avg. Abund

Avg. Diss

Diss./SD

Contrib. %

Cum. %

Fish

103,087.58

48,827.30

49.93

1.51

67.99

67.99

Decapoda

26,413.11

125.35

14.94

0.58

20.35

88.34

Mysida

5988.57

312.10

5.24

0.37

7.14

95.48

Euphausiacea

328.06

0.00

0.84

0.13

1.15

96.63

Isopoda

1180.17

1.65

0.78

0.15

1.06

97.69

Copepoda

1123.15

0.10

0.72

0.19

0.99

98.67

Polychaeta

376.92

0.00

0.29

0.14

0.39

99.06

Stomatopoda

239.62

0.00

0.26

0.15

0.36

99.42

Comb jelly

200.62

0.15

0.16

0.24

0.22

99.64

Barnacle

508.66

0.00

0.16

0.20

0.21

99.86

Mollusca

0.00

84.00

0.04

0.21

0.05

99.91

Onychopoda

91.45

0.00

0.03

0.14

0.04

99.95

Jellyfish

38.64

0.80

0.03

0.16

0.04

99.99

Amphipoda

8.23

0.25

0.01

0.17

0.01

100.00

Gastropoda

3.34

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.00

100.00

Sea pen

0.00

1.45

0.00

0.21

0.00

100.00

Worm

0.91

0.00

0.00

0.25

0.00

100.00

Halocyprida

0.66

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.00

100.00

Tubeworm

0.23

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.00

100.00

Ctenopoda

0.17

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.00

100.00

Ostracoda

0.08

0.00

0.00

0.13

0.00

100.00

Coral

0.06

0.00

0.00

0.14

0.00

100.00

Food items

TW juvenile

TW adult

Average dissimilarity = 50.04%

Avg. Abund

Avg. Abund

Avg. Diss

Diss./SD

Contrib. %

Cum. %

Fish

1160.00

1334.50

26.54

1.71

53.04

53.04

Cephalopoda

449.33

0.00

10.76

0.44

21.51

74.55

Gastropoda

352.00

91.50

8.87

0.86

17.73

92.27

Decapoda

75.33

8.00

1.91

0.77

3.82

96.09

Sea pen

56.67

17.00

1.38

1.37

2.75

98.84

Bivalvia

13.50

0.00

0.42

0.49

0.84

99.69

Mysida

1.33

0.00

0.06

0.43

0.13

99.81

Copepoda

1.33

0.00

0.04

0.43

0.08

99.89

Polychaeta

1.00

0.00

0.03

0.43

0.07

99.96

Branchiopoda

1.17

0.00

0.02

0.43

0.04

100.00