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 : 814
Number of Hauls: 123

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Misc Flatfish	15.59	4.00	14.10
Crangonidae (shrimp)	11.22	20.00	46.26
Misc Teleost	11.01	3.00	37.08
Yellowfin sole	7.79	2.00	7.64
Offal	7.05	1.00	5.00
Paguridae	5.17	2.00	20.62
Walleye pollock	5.11	0.00	6.34
Chionoecetes spp.	4.78	2.00	14.67
Gammaridea	3.85	23.00	53.71
Polychaeta	3.82	6.00	48.15
Misc Worm	3.04	2.00	21.46
Opilio Crab	2.72	0.00	5.04
Tanner Crab	2.24	1.00	8.96
Mysidacea	2.20	8.00	28.92
Gastropod	1.71	1.00	6.84
Northern rock sole	1.49	0.00	1.27
Euphausiacea	1.33	4.00	8.75
Misc Gadidae	1.09	0.00	1.13
Flathead sole	1.01	0.00	1.07
Red King Crab	0.89	0.00	0.94
Misc Lithodidae	0.80	0.00	1.43
Misc Mollusca	0.69	0.00	1.58
Cancridea	0.65	0.00	0.61
Ammodytidae	0.55	0.00	1.02
Misc Majidae	0.45	0.00	2.58
Bivalvia	0.42	0.00	6.04
Osmerid	0.39	0.00	0.56
Pacific Cod	0.34	0.00	0.27
Tunicate	0.33	0.00	0.48
Misc Org	0.27	0.00	4.95
Misc Crab	0.26	0.00	3.11
Stichaeidae	0.26	0.00	0.68
Misc Shrimp	0.23	0.00	6.36
Agonidae	0.20	0.00	1.10
Octopoda	0.18	0.00	0.22
Cottid	0.16	0.00	0.69
Unid Eggs	0.12	1.00	0.17
Zoarcoidae	0.11	0.00	0.74
Isopoda	0.08	0.00	0.27
Capreillidea	0.07	0.00	3.21
Fish Eggs	0.06	1.00	0.14
Misc Cephalopoda	0.05	0.00	0.89
Misc Org	0.04	0.00	0.27
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.04	0.00	1.03
Misc Brachyura	0.04	0.00	0.21
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.03	0.00	1.23
Arrowtooth flounder	0.02	0.00	0.05
Brittle Star	0.02	0.00	1.64
Misc Decapoda	0.01	0.00	0.77
Teuthida	0.01	0.00	1.23
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	2.63
Misc Crustacea	0.01	0.00	0.24
Cyclopteridae	0.00	0.00	0.03
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.04
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.16
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.58
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.87
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.05

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

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