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 1992
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,933
Number of Hauls: 152

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	29.02	9.00	22.56
Opilio Crab	7.19	7.00	15.01
Crangonidae (shrimp)	6.47	18.00	36.26
Misc Worm	6.37	5.00	13.36
Pandalidae (shrimp)	5.45	9.00	18.48
Paguridae	5.20	4.00	18.53
Mysidacea	4.78	5.00	20.84
Gammaridea	4.39	6.00	34.94
Zoarcoidae	3.80	3.00	7.89
Offal	3.62	0.00	2.15
Polychaeta	2.92	4.00	24.73
Northern rock sole	2.84	0.00	1.46
Misc Flatfish	2.18	0.00	2.80
Tanner Crab	1.82	2.00	5.65
Euphausiacea	1.50	1.00	8.00
Chionoecetes spp.	1.40	0.00	3.54
Cottid	1.19	1.00	3.79
Stichaeidae	1.10	1.00	3.98
Misc Teleost	1.01	1.00	7.11
Red King Crab	0.90	0.00	0.13
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.86	1.00	4.34
Flathead sole	0.82	0.00	1.04
Yellowfin sole	0.64	0.00	0.23
Cancridea	0.44	1.00	2.89
Misc Majidae	0.44	0.00	1.05
Misc Gadidae	0.42	0.00	1.99
Gastropod	0.39	0.00	2.44
Ammodytidae	0.39	0.00	1.09
Agonidae	0.29	0.00	1.45
Arrowtooth flounder	0.25	0.00	0.29
Misc Shrimp	0.25	1.00	4.70
Misc Crab	0.22	0.00	1.07
Osmerid	0.17	0.00	0.59
Pacific Cod	0.16	0.00	0.26
Misc Lithodidae	0.15	0.00	0.10
Clupeoidei	0.12	0.00	0.31
Octopoda	0.11	0.00	1.12
Bivalvia	0.09	0.00	1.80
Misc Org	0.08	0.00	0.09
Misc Org	0.08	0.00	1.46
Pacific halibut	0.08	0.00	0.17
Misc Cephalopoda	0.07	0.00	0.36
Teuthida	0.07	0.00	0.61
Greenland turbot	0.06	0.00	0.15
Cnidaria	0.04	0.00	0.08
Salmonidae	0.04	0.00	0.03
Misc Anomura	0.03	0.00	0.30
Tunicate	0.02	0.00	0.03
Cyclopteridae	0.02	0.00	0.16
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	0.21
Brittle Star	0.02	0.00	0.65
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.03
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.16
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.09
Misc Echinoderm	0.00	0.00	0.07
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.08
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.07
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.38
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.07
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.03

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1992

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