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 1987
Number of Full Stomachs : 816
Number of Hauls: 54

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	18.26	1.00	9.65
Opilio Crab	12.61	3.00	19.97
Misc Flatfish	7.03	1.00	11.26
Misc Worm	5.80	7.00	26.92
Paguridae	5.64	2.00	33.22
Tanner Crab	5.23	4.00	18.38
Chionoecetes spp.	5.07	2.00	20.41
Polychaeta	4.28	10.00	57.21
Misc Gadidae	4.02	0.00	6.46
Misc Teleost	3.47	2.00	33.81
Ammodytidae	3.39	0.00	4.63
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.37	13.00	49.85
Yellowfin sole	3.23	0.00	2.30
Zoarcoidae	2.12	0.00	3.87
Cottid	2.06	0.00	2.14
Euphausiacea	1.52	9.00	14.69
Northern rock sole	1.45	0.00	2.20
Offal	1.44	0.00	1.53
Octopoda	1.23	0.00	5.10
Cancridea	0.99	0.00	2.77
Gastropod	0.82	1.00	13.13
Red King Crab	0.78	0.00	0.20
Pacific Cod	0.67	0.00	0.09
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.62	1.00	8.31
Bivalvia	0.55	0.00	10.05
Gammaridea	0.50	13.00	45.82
Clupeoidei	0.49	0.00	0.32
Misc Org	0.45	2.00	14.53
Stichaeidae	0.42	0.00	2.09
Rajadae	0.33	0.00	0.19
Agonidae	0.29	0.00	3.14
Misc Majidae	0.27	0.00	1.60
Mysidacea	0.27	1.00	16.08
Misc Shrimp	0.24	1.00	13.59
Bering Flounder	0.23	0.00	0.26
Misc Org	0.20	0.00	0.47
Fish Eggs	0.11	1.00	0.09
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.10	0.00	3.42
Misc Echinoderm	0.09	0.00	0.40
Brittle Star	0.08	0.00	3.59
Misc Crab	0.05	0.00	1.95
Tunicate	0.04	0.00	0.38
Misc Lithodidae	0.04	0.00	0.71
Arrowtooth flounder	0.04	0.00	0.10
Flathead sole	0.03	0.00	0.19
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	1.37
Misc Cephalopoda	0.02	0.00	0.86
Misc Amphipoda	0.01	0.00	0.21
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	2.11
Cumacea	0.01	1.00	2.53
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.96
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.56
Osmerid	0.00	0.00	0.11
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	3.57
Sea Cucumber	0.00	0.00	0.57
Misc Brachyura	0.00	0.00	0.10
Teuthida	0.00	0.00	0.09
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	1.47
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.19
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.34

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1987

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