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 1989
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,777
Number of Hauls: 181

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	28.02	4.00	17.81
Opilio Crab	12.58	7.00	24.24
Misc Teleost	9.94	6.00	43.86
Tanner Crab	6.54	4.00	13.90
Misc Worm	5.82	4.00	26.39
Paguridae	5.12	2.00	21.04
Offal	5.03	1.00	4.58
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.60	14.00	40.01
Chionoecetes spp.	3.55	2.00	14.39
Zoarcoidae	2.79	2.00	7.69
Polychaeta	2.05	6.00	40.35
Misc Gadidae	1.37	0.00	2.17
Ammodytidae	1.27	0.00	2.11
Northern rock sole	1.26	0.00	2.24
Yellowfin sole	0.98	0.00	0.28
Misc Flatfish	0.85	0.00	3.42
Octopoda	0.82	0.00	1.54
Gastropod	0.80	1.00	9.73
Gammaridea	0.77	11.00	31.95
Cottid	0.65	0.00	1.80
Flathead sole	0.62	0.00	1.28
Misc Lithodidae	0.60	0.00	0.73
Misc Org	0.55	0.00	1.24
Misc Org	0.51	1.00	9.95
Euphausiacea	0.37	3.00	4.50
Stichaeidae	0.32	0.00	2.79
Misc Shrimp	0.30	2.00	13.55
Cancridea	0.30	0.00	3.42
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.28	1.00	8.10
Agonidae	0.23	0.00	1.14
Mysidacea	0.20	3.00	10.03
Tunicate	0.20	0.00	0.80
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.20	0.00	4.28
Misc Anomura	0.20	0.00	4.16
Pacific Cod	0.18	0.00	0.06
Bivalvia	0.17	0.00	7.00
Sea Cucumber	0.11	0.00	0.06
Misc Crab	0.09	0.00	1.63
Misc Echinoderm	0.09	0.00	0.26
Cnidaria	0.07	0.00	0.84
Blue King Crab	0.07	0.00	0.02
Brittle Star	0.06	0.00	2.65
Red King Crab	0.06	0.00	0.03
Teuthida	0.06	0.00	0.25
Rajadae	0.05	0.00	0.20
Misc Majidae	0.05	0.00	0.76
Misc Cephalopoda	0.05	0.00	2.62
Capreillidea	0.04	0.00	1.86
Misc Mollusca	0.03	0.00	1.62
Arrowtooth flounder	0.02	0.00	0.11
Unid Eggs	0.02	1.00	1.81
Bering Flounder	0.01	0.00	0.05
Pteropoda	0.01	0.00	0.44
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.81
Misc Decapoda	0.01	0.00	0.03
Clupeoidei	0.00	0.00	0.06
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	1.06
Cyclopteridae	0.00	0.00	0.10
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.39
Osmerid	0.00	0.00	0.07
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.29
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.66
Greenland turbot	0.00	0.00	0.07
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.14
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.10
Misc Brachyura	0.00	0.00	0.04
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.03
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.14

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1989

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