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 1986
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,346
Number of Hauls: 75

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	19.85	4.00	21.69
Opilio Crab	12.58	4.00	18.99
Polychaeta	7.70	10.00	59.88
Paguridae	6.82	2.00	27.20
Crangonidae (shrimp)	5.05	9.00	42.35
Misc Flatfish	4.84	0.00	7.66
Misc Teleost	3.75	1.00	22.97
Yellowfin sole	3.65	0.00	1.81
Gammaridea	3.59	25.00	55.35
Offal	3.10	0.00	2.56
Misc Worm	2.89	1.00	15.41
Ammodytidae	2.63	3.00	6.48
Northern rock sole	2.27	0.00	2.11
Mysidacea	2.08	6.00	20.03
Chionoecetes spp.	1.84	0.00	9.15
Red King Crab	1.74	0.00	1.29
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.66	2.00	10.55
Tanner Crab	1.65	1.00	6.66
Misc Gadidae	1.51	0.00	5.30
Euphausiacea	1.26	5.00	8.12
Cancridea	1.24	0.00	1.99
Zoarcoidae	1.07	0.00	2.58
Pacific Cod	1.00	0.00	0.35
Gastropod	0.87	0.00	7.71
Clupeoidei	0.69	0.00	0.30
Cottid	0.66	0.00	0.72
Misc Majidae	0.64	0.00	1.67
Osmerid	0.59	0.00	0.69
Bivalvia	0.53	0.00	6.23
Octopoda	0.39	0.00	3.93
Flathead sole	0.37	0.00	0.78
Agonidae	0.24	0.00	1.79
Capreillidea	0.18	3.00	7.86
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.15	0.00	4.18
Misc Shrimp	0.14	0.00	5.56
Stichaeidae	0.14	0.00	0.62
Arrowtooth flounder	0.12	0.00	0.20
Misc Org	0.08	0.00	0.20
Teuthida	0.06	0.00	0.74
Tunicate	0.06	0.00	0.60
Misc Lithodidae	0.05	0.00	0.30
Misc Crab	0.04	0.00	0.64
Fish Eggs	0.04	1.00	0.17
Misc Crustacea	0.03	0.00	0.34
Sea Cucumber	0.03	0.00	0.34
Misc Mollusca	0.02	0.00	0.16
Cumacea	0.02	0.00	3.34
Brittle Star	0.01	0.00	2.71
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.27
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.07
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	1.13
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.56
Misc Echinoderm	0.00	0.00	0.20
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.34
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.07
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.07
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.24
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.58
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.07

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1986

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