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 1981
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,907
Number of Hauls: 148

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	24.13	5.00	13.93
Misc Teleost	12.81	8.00	31.62
Zoarcoidae	6.12	2.00	8.06
Euphausiacea	5.70	13.00	18.78
Opilio Crab	5.59	2.00	7.36
Octopoda	4.61	1.00	7.88
Misc Gadidae	4.31	1.00	3.31
Misc Worm	3.27	3.00	12.42
Paguridae	3.23	2.00	10.73
Yellowfin sole	2.60	0.00	0.83
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.34	7.00	18.01
Red King Crab	2.12	0.00	1.15
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.90	5.00	20.51
Tanner Crab	1.87	2.00	7.15
Polychaeta	1.68	4.00	19.22
Ammodytidae	1.58	0.00	2.11
Northern rock sole	1.58	0.00	0.59
Misc Flatfish	1.57	0.00	2.06
Gastropod	1.55	2.00	9.10
Misc Org	1.25	1.00	12.72
Misc Lithodidae	1.25	0.00	3.13
Mysidacea	1.21	6.00	17.41
Pacific sandfish	0.89	0.00	0.19
Misc Brachyura	0.85	0.00	4.78
Chionoecetes spp.	0.81	0.00	3.49
Flathead sole	0.80	0.00	0.94
Cottid	0.66	0.00	0.69
Clupeoidei	0.45	0.00	0.31
Gammaridea	0.43	10.00	27.03
Bivalvia	0.42	1.00	6.25
Cancridea	0.39	0.00	2.08
Pacific Cod	0.37	0.00	0.24
Tunicate	0.20	0.00	0.70
Blue King Crab	0.16	0.00	0.06
Salmonidae	0.15	0.00	0.04
Teuthida	0.14	0.00	0.36
Cnidaria	0.13	0.00	0.46
Misc Shrimp	0.11	0.00	4.09
Unid Eggs	0.10	0.00	0.26
Misc Cephalopoda	0.10	0.00	1.62
Agonidae	0.08	0.00	0.52
Arrowtooth flounder	0.07	0.00	0.04
Misc Echinoderm	0.06	0.00	1.75
Misc Majidae	0.05	0.00	0.13
Stichaeidae	0.05	0.00	0.52
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.05	0.00	1.58
Hyperiidea	0.04	0.00	1.69
Misc Decapoda	0.04	0.00	0.92
Offal	0.03	0.00	1.55
Misc Anomura	0.02	0.00	0.03
Osmerid	0.02	0.00	0.04
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	1.72
Misc Mollusca	0.01	0.00	0.21
Misc Crustacea	0.01	0.00	0.27
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.74
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	1.09
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.25
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.03
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.03
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.63
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.13
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.08

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1981

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