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 1985
Number of Full Stomachs : 782
Number of Hauls: 55

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	19.71	8.00	26.20
Walleye pollock	8.44	1.00	11.06
Misc Teleost	7.61	3.00	39.47
Chionoecetes spp.	6.98	2.00	18.34
Misc Gadidae	6.26	0.00	7.32
Polychaeta	5.92	11.00	62.96
Misc Worm	5.36	5.00	27.73
Paguridae	4.55	2.00	29.53
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.04	10.00	42.98
Misc Flatfish	3.89	0.00	7.37
Tanner Crab	3.04	1.00	8.07
Yellowfin sole	2.61	0.00	1.55
Zoarcoidae	2.42	0.00	4.16
Clupeoidei	2.36	0.00	1.77
Euphausiacea	1.57	10.00	17.63
Offal	1.38	0.00	0.73
Ammodytidae	1.37	0.00	3.29
Gastropod	1.34	0.00	8.73
Northern rock sole	0.95	0.00	1.00
Gammaridea	0.93	13.00	50.32
Misc Shrimp	0.91	3.00	12.06
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.81	2.00	10.90
Octopoda	0.78	0.00	3.02
Misc Lithodidae	0.77	0.00	1.03
Flathead sole	0.74	0.00	0.66
Bathylagid	0.55	0.00	0.23
Mysidacea	0.52	3.00	18.02
Misc Majidae	0.45	0.00	2.90
Osmerid	0.40	0.00	0.45
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.38	1.00	7.93
Cancridea	0.37	0.00	2.99
Cumacea	0.36	1.00	3.77
Misc Crab	0.27	0.00	5.27
Cnidaria	0.27	0.00	0.32
Stichaeidae	0.26	0.00	2.40
Cottid	0.25	0.00	0.93
Bivalvia	0.25	0.00	4.85
Cyclopteridae	0.24	0.00	0.27
Agonidae	0.15	0.00	0.69
Teuthida	0.12	0.00	0.29
Chaetognatha	0.08	1.00	0.91
Misc Org	0.06	0.00	3.12
Tunicate	0.06	0.00	0.26
Brittle Star	0.05	0.00	2.26
Misc Echinoderm	0.04	0.00	0.44
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	6.74
Misc Cephalopoda	0.03	0.00	3.90
Copepoda	0.02	0.00	1.65
Hyperiidea	0.02	0.00	1.20
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.56
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	1.52
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.14
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.12
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.24
Misc Brachyura	0.00	0.00	0.12

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1985

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