Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Pacific cod Home

Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1990
Number of Full Stomachs : 892
Number of Hauls: 78

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Pandalidae (shrimp)	10.76	10.00	38.08
Tanner Crab	10.23	9.00	37.18
Polychaeta	8.13	4.00	51.43
Paguridae	6.67	3.00	20.60
Misc Teleost	6.37	3.00	29.09
Crangonidae (shrimp)	6.27	12.00	52.02
Octopoda	6.10	2.00	16.16
Offal	5.49	0.00	3.22
Walleye pollock	5.19	0.00	5.27
Misc Shrimp	4.22	4.00	27.62
Osmerid	3.91	2.00	5.96
Misc Majidae	3.78	2.00	9.63
Stichaeidae	2.24	1.00	10.43
Arrowtooth flounder	1.94	0.00	1.73
Cottid	1.87	1.00	9.29
Misc Flatfish	1.52	0.00	5.40
Misc Lithodidae	1.37	0.00	0.27
Zoarcoidae	1.33	0.00	4.12
Flathead sole	1.25	0.00	2.73
Ammodytidae	1.23	0.00	2.07
Misc Worm	1.18	0.00	6.77
Teuthida	1.07	0.00	1.89
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.05	3.00	24.05
Cancridea	1.03	1.00	14.23
Gammaridea	0.94	7.00	38.35
Euphausiacea	0.88	9.00	21.90
Misc Anomura	0.45	0.00	2.81
Clupeoidei	0.43	0.00	0.45
Bivalvia	0.34	0.00	8.27
Gastropod	0.33	0.00	9.63
Lepidopsetta sp	0.32	0.00	0.27
Misc Brachyura	0.30	0.00	1.25
Cnidaria	0.28	0.00	1.29
Misc Crab	0.26	0.00	4.37
Misc Gadidae	0.24	0.00	1.76
Agonidae	0.23	0.00	3.39
Isopoda	0.17	0.00	6.22
Cumacea	0.09	0.00	1.27
Mysidacea	0.08	0.00	8.52
Unid Eggs	0.06	0.00	0.45
Misc Cephalopoda	0.06	0.00	6.39
Fish Eggs	0.05	0.00	0.09
Hyperiidea	0.04	0.00	3.41
Copepoda	0.04	0.00	2.44
Cyclopteridae	0.04	0.00	0.57
Misc Crustacea	0.03	0.00	1.23
Misc Echinoderm	0.03	0.00	0.70
Misc Org	0.03	0.00	1.59
Misc Mollusca	0.02	0.00	1.09
Misc Decapoda	0.02	0.00	1.24
Brittle Star	0.01	0.00	0.89
Misc Amphipoda	0.01	0.00	0.78
Unid Rockfish	0.00	0.00	0.09
Pacific halibut	0.00	0.00	0.14
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.27
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.21
Tunicate	0.00	0.00	0.09

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1990

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