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 1988
Number of Full Stomachs : 585
Number of Hauls: 49

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	29.10	8.00	20.65
Crangonidae (shrimp)	10.58	16.00	44.83
Misc Worm	6.60	4.00	26.39
Paguridae	5.44	2.00	30.15
Opilio Crab	5.10	1.00	9.96
Polychaeta	4.73	10.00	54.48
Misc Gadidae	4.70	2.00	6.66
Chionoecetes spp.	4.20	2.00	15.71
Tanner Crab	4.15	2.00	15.36
Misc Teleost	2.52	3.00	32.74
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.20	2.00	11.29
Gammaridea	1.92	14.00	51.97
Offal	1.68	0.00	1.77
Gastropod	1.59	0.00	9.85
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.38	1.00	5.53
Mysidacea	1.36	6.00	28.58
Tunicate	1.29	0.00	1.13
Octopoda	1.28	0.00	2.15
Misc Shrimp	1.12	2.00	14.60
Cancridea	0.93	0.00	4.75
Misc Majidae	0.82	0.00	3.34
Bivalvia	0.79	0.00	5.24
Misc Crustacea	0.67	0.00	4.99
Stichaeidae	0.60	0.00	2.73
Misc Lithodidae	0.60	0.00	1.04
Misc Flatfish	0.56	0.00	1.87
Misc Crab	0.55	0.00	5.35
Cyclopteridae	0.41	0.00	0.41
Unid Eggs	0.33	1.00	0.95
Misc Org	0.33	1.00	17.40
Agonidae	0.33	0.00	1.50
Zoarcoidae	0.29	0.00	1.51
Northern rock sole	0.28	0.00	0.92
Clupeoidei	0.28	0.00	0.10
Yellowfin sole	0.28	0.00	0.41
Teuthida	0.19	0.00	0.10
Misc Anomura	0.18	0.00	1.75
Cottid	0.18	0.00	1.55
Cnidaria	0.16	0.00	1.69
Misc Echinoderm	0.07	0.00	0.65
Brittle Star	0.04	0.00	2.82
Capreillidea	0.04	1.00	5.73
Flathead sole	0.03	0.00	0.41
Alaska plaice	0.03	0.00	0.23
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	3.33
Ammodytidae	0.01	0.00	0.10
Pacific Cod	0.01	0.00	0.10
Misc Mollusca	0.01	0.00	0.10
Fish Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.31
Misc Brachyura	0.01	0.00	0.34
Hyperiidea	0.01	0.00	0.85
Unid Rockfish	0.01	0.00	0.51
Euphausiacea	0.00	0.00	1.02
Misc Cephalopoda	0.00	0.00	1.59
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.53
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.35
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.30

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1988

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