Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Pacific cod Home

Diet table for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1984
Number of Full Stomachs : 578
Number of Hauls: 43

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Chionoecetes spp.	11.80	6.00	27.23
Misc Teleost	10.02	2.00	40.57
Misc Flatfish	9.16	0.00	9.32
Walleye pollock	7.95	0.00	4.19
Opilio Crab	5.36	1.00	8.98
Crangonidae (shrimp)	5.35	10.00	40.86
Polychaeta	5.28	11.00	62.54
Paguridae	4.91	1.00	20.60
Offal	3.76	0.00	2.29
Euphausiacea	3.75	13.00	20.38
Tanner Crab	3.57	2.00	12.44
Misc Worm	2.97	2.00	19.91
Yellowfin sole	2.93	0.00	2.46
Red King Crab	2.55	0.00	2.69
Misc Lithodidae	2.25	0.00	2.54
Gammaridea	1.88	14.00	54.41
Misc Gadidae	1.82	0.00	2.47
Ammodytidae	1.58	0.00	2.15
Mysidacea	1.20	7.00	25.35
Osmerid	1.11	0.00	1.61
Cancridea	0.94	0.00	0.98
Tunicate	0.93	0.00	1.38
Gastropod	0.89	0.00	5.62
Flathead sole	0.78	0.00	1.52
Stichaeidae	0.73	0.00	1.96
Misc Org	0.70	0.00	9.51
Northern rock sole	0.68	0.00	1.32
Misc Majidae	0.67	0.00	1.95
Octopoda	0.51	0.00	0.63
Misc Mollusca	0.50	0.00	1.42
Misc Shrimp	0.50	0.00	9.67
Cottid	0.46	0.00	1.96
Unid Eggs	0.35	4.00	0.49
Agonidae	0.31	0.00	1.59
Zoarcoidae	0.30	0.00	2.12
Misc Crab	0.29	0.00	3.48
Bivalvia	0.27	0.00	8.76
Isopoda	0.22	0.00	0.78
Fish Eggs	0.19	3.00	0.39
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.12	0.00	2.95
Misc Brachyura	0.12	0.00	0.59
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.09	0.00	2.34
Arrowtooth flounder	0.07	0.00	0.14
Misc Decapoda	0.04	0.00	2.19
Teuthida	0.03	0.00	3.53
Brittle Star	0.03	1.00	3.92
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	3.75
Misc Crustacea	0.02	0.00	0.67
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.10
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	0.99
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	5.19
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.12
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.46
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.93
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.13
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.89

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1984

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