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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2021
Number of Full Stomachs : 568
Number of Hauls: 152

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Pandalidae (shrimp) 10.01 7.00 23.27
Misc Anomura 7.94 8.00 12.52
Tanner Crab 7.50 10.00 16.50
Walleye pollock 7.31 4.00 7.04
Misc Teleost 6.84 12.00 26.24
Crangonidae (shrimp) 6.64 11.00 34.45
Polychaeta 6.12 3.00 28.24
Paguridae 5.10 3.00 13.36
Euphausiacea 3.86 0.00 22.77
Stichaeidae 3.56 2.00 6.50
Cancridea 2.91 4.00 9.19
Misc Flatfish 2.52 1.00 6.48
Misc Majidae 2.44 2.00 6.90
Offal 2.31 0.00 1.41
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 2.24 2.00 9.51
Gammaridea 2.00 1.00 25.55
Misc Gadidae 1.79 0.00 2.16
Misc Worm 1.77 1.00 9.01
Ammodytidae 1.49 1.00 2.31
Zoarcoidae 1.29 0.00 2.13
Misc Shrimp 1.26 1.00 9.18
Osmerid 1.12 1.00 1.64
Misc Org 1.11 1.00 10.55
Clupeoidei 1.03 0.00 1.24
Octopoda 0.82 1.00 4.40
Bivalvia 0.80 1.00 8.39
Cottid 0.70 1.00 3.07
Misc Crab 0.60 0.00 4.37
Gastropod 0.58 1.00 8.19
Cnidaria 0.57 0.00 1.43
Pacific Cod 0.55 0.00 0.33
Misc Crustacea 0.53 0.00 4.28
Chionoecetes spp. 0.50 0.00 1.24
Unid Rockfish 0.46 0.00 0.96
Teuthida 0.45 0.00 1.09
Cumacea 0.42 0.00 1.56
Arrowtooth flounder 0.42 0.00 0.44
Sebastes 0.40 0.00 0.60
Cyclopteridae 0.36 0.00 0.16
Sablefish 0.30 0.00 0.08
Isopoda 0.16 0.00 0.96
Hyperiidea 0.12 0.00 1.62
Misc Echinoderm 0.09 0.00 0.82
Lepidopsetta sp 0.09 0.00 0.16
Copepoda 0.09 0.00 1.04
Pholidae 0.09 0.00 0.13
Unid Eggs 0.08 0.00 0.83
Misc Cephalopoda 0.04 0.00 1.03
Sea Cucumber 0.03 0.00 0.16
Flathead sole 0.03 0.00 0.11
Sea Urchin 0.02 0.00 0.07
Pteropoda 0.02 0.00 0.66
Misc Lithodidae 0.01 0.00 0.07
Misc Bird 0.01 0.00 0.34
Brittle Star 0.01 0.00 0.60
Mysidacea 0.01 0.00 0.49
Agonidae 0.01 0.00 0.25
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.08
Misc Mollusca 0.00 0.00 0.16


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2021


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