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 1991
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,701
Number of Hauls: 133

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	26.59	6.00	20.72
Opilio Crab	10.65	7.00	16.72
Crangonidae (shrimp)	7.46	15.00	42.47
Offal	5.37	1.00	4.11
Chionoecetes spp.	4.48	3.00	14.51
Paguridae	3.95	2.00	16.43
Pandalidae (shrimp)	3.92	6.00	17.44
Zoarcoidae	3.62	2.00	8.00
Misc Gadidae	3.20	2.00	9.77
Tanner Crab	3.10	2.00	7.78
Misc Flatfish	3.06	1.00	6.02
Ammodytidae	2.74	0.00	2.15
Euphausiacea	2.61	4.00	7.44
Polychaeta	2.35	4.00	24.91
Misc Worm	2.34	2.00	11.41
Misc Teleost	2.04	3.00	19.91
Mysidacea	2.03	6.00	15.77
Gammaridea	1.57	11.00	27.63
Northern rock sole	1.49	0.00	0.81
Cottid	0.85	0.00	2.21
Gastropod	0.77	0.00	3.10
Octopoda	0.66	0.00	2.39
Yellowfin sole	0.58	0.00	0.12
Misc Lithodidae	0.50	0.00	0.57
Stichaeidae	0.43	0.00	2.69
Misc Majidae	0.38	0.00	1.61
Misc Org	0.35	0.00	1.70
Misc Shrimp	0.29	1.00	6.67
Unid Eggs	0.26	0.00	0.60
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.23	1.00	3.49
Flathead sole	0.21	0.00	0.47
Cancridea	0.21	0.00	2.08
Bivalvia	0.20	0.00	2.86
Arrowtooth flounder	0.17	0.00	0.22
Misc Cephalopoda	0.15	0.00	0.50
Osmerid	0.13	0.00	0.17
Tunicate	0.10	0.00	0.59
Cyclopteridae	0.10	0.00	0.19
Salmonidae	0.10	0.00	0.13
Pacific Cod	0.10	0.00	0.09
Misc Crab	0.09	0.00	1.02
Teuthida	0.07	0.00	0.52
Misc Crustacea	0.07	0.00	0.40
Agonidae	0.06	0.00	0.51
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.05	0.00	0.14
Bering Flounder	0.04	0.00	0.04
Misc Echinoderm	0.04	0.00	0.37
Isopoda	0.04	0.00	0.55
Misc Brachyura	0.03	0.00	0.08
Brittle Star	0.03	0.00	1.16
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	1.04
Misc Anomura	0.02	0.00	0.78
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.13
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.65
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.05
Red King Crab	0.01	0.00	0.04
Sea Cucumber	0.01	0.00	0.08
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.40
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.04
Sea Urchin	0.00	0.00	0.09

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1991

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