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Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, collected in 2005
Number of Full Stomachs : 159
Number of Hauls: 22

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 63.11 54.00 76.18
Misc Decapoda 11.83 13.00 30.86
Copepoda 8.78 12.00 25.76
Misc Teleost 5.65 1.00 9.39
Mysidacea 4.31 3.00 2.60
Misc Crustacea 1.59 3.00 12.38
Misc Flatfish 0.99 1.00 3.18
Gammaridea 0.69 1.00 5.40
Misc Crab 0.58 1.00 1.82
Cottid 0.53 0.00 3.23
Hyperiidea 0.49 0.00 5.73
Fish Eggs 0.41 1.00 0.76
Chaetognatha 0.39 0.00 3.64
Isopoda 0.26 0.00 0.45
Misc Amphipoda 0.17 0.00 0.45
Cumacea 0.09 0.00 2.40
Paguridae 0.06 0.00 1.36
Misc Brachyura 0.05 0.00 1.36
Pteropoda 0.01 0.00 0.45
Bivalvia 0.01 0.00 0.51


Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific herring, Clupea pallasii, collected in 2005


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