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 : 962
Number of Hauls: 69

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	16.06	6.00	21.50
Walleye pollock	12.95	1.00	13.46
Misc Gadidae	8.65	1.00	10.01
Misc Teleost	7.98	3.00	41.67
Chionoecetes spp.	7.25	3.00	20.47
Polychaeta	5.09	12.00	60.43
Paguridae	4.39	2.00	30.95
Misc Worm	4.30	4.00	24.78
Tanner Crab	4.28	3.00	12.08
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.33	11.00	42.76
Misc Flatfish	3.10	0.00	5.94
Clupeoidei	3.03	0.00	1.66
Yellowfin sole	2.08	0.00	1.24
Zoarcoidae	2.02	0.00	3.62
Offal	1.76	0.00	1.20
Euphausiacea	1.26	8.00	15.41
Flathead sole	1.17	0.00	1.10
Gastropod	1.12	0.00	9.85
Ammodytidae	1.09	0.00	2.62
Gammaridea	0.82	12.00	47.73
Misc Shrimp	0.77	3.00	12.50
Octopoda	0.77	0.00	2.93
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.75	2.00	11.32
Northern rock sole	0.75	0.00	0.80
Misc Lithodidae	0.62	0.00	0.82
Misc Majidae	0.55	0.00	3.36
Bathylagid	0.44	0.00	0.18
Mysidacea	0.42	2.00	14.61
Osmerid	0.32	0.00	0.36
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.30	1.00	6.99
Stichaeidae	0.30	0.00	2.53
Cancridea	0.30	0.00	2.46
Cumacea	0.29	1.00	3.73
Misc Crab	0.24	0.00	4.36
Cnidaria	0.21	0.00	0.25
Bivalvia	0.21	0.00	4.44
Cottid	0.20	0.00	0.74
Cyclopteridae	0.19	0.00	0.22
Agonidae	0.13	0.00	1.41
Teuthida	0.10	0.00	0.55
Misc Org	0.06	0.00	3.91
Chaetognatha	0.06	0.00	0.79
Tunicate	0.05	0.00	0.21
Brittle Star	0.04	0.00	1.89
Misc Echinoderm	0.03	0.00	0.42
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	5.37
Misc Cephalopoda	0.02	0.00	3.74
Copepoda	0.02	0.00	1.31
Misc Decapoda	0.02	0.00	0.19
Arrowtooth flounder	0.01	0.00	0.07
Hyperiidea	0.01	0.00	1.09
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.52
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	1.28
Misc Mollusca	0.01	0.00	0.43
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.19
Misc Brachyura	0.00	0.00	0.10
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.30

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

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