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 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 2,360
Number of Hauls: 189

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	23.07	7.00	18.90
Tanner Crab	10.86	13.00	20.33
Opilio Crab	7.65	8.00	13.31
Zoarcoidae	6.21	5.00	12.65
Paguridae	5.70	4.00	15.63
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.86	12.00	33.40
Misc Worm	4.53	5.00	14.72
Pandalidae (shrimp)	4.45	6.00	17.59
Gammaridea	4.15	3.00	38.31
Chionoecetes spp.	3.20	2.00	7.19
Euphausiacea	2.57	0.00	8.15
Polychaeta	2.37	4.00	24.76
Northern rock sole	2.19	0.00	1.22
Ammodytidae	1.85	1.00	2.12
Offal	1.77	0.00	1.01
Mysidacea	1.63	1.00	9.56
Cottid	1.20	0.00	3.57
Osmerid	1.20	0.00	1.23
Misc Teleost	1.20	2.00	9.31
Octopoda	0.92	0.00	3.36
Stichaeidae	0.87	1.00	3.10
Flathead sole	0.77	0.00	1.15
Cancridea	0.58	1.00	2.74
Misc Flatfish	0.53	0.00	1.71
Red King Crab	0.48	0.00	0.10
Salmonidae	0.45	0.00	0.03
Agonidae	0.45	0.00	1.27
Yellowfin sole	0.42	0.00	0.15
Misc Gadidae	0.41	0.00	1.21
Misc Crab	0.40	0.00	2.29
Pacific Cod	0.38	0.00	0.29
Misc Lithodidae	0.37	0.00	0.32
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.28	0.00	2.51
Misc Shrimp	0.26	0.00	4.10
Bivalvia	0.24	0.00	3.49
Hyperiidea	0.21	0.00	0.26
Gastropod	0.19	0.00	2.14
Cumacea	0.18	0.00	1.77
Arrowtooth flounder	0.15	0.00	0.40
Misc Cephalopoda	0.14	0.00	0.41
Misc Majidae	0.09	0.00	0.73
Cyclopteridae	0.09	0.00	0.16
Rajadae	0.09	0.00	0.14
Misc Org	0.07	0.00	0.76
Misc Crustacea	0.04	0.00	0.27
Teuthida	0.04	0.00	0.73
Cnidaria	0.03	0.00	0.03
Sea Urchin	0.03	0.00	0.03
Sea Cucumber	0.03	0.00	0.08
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	0.35
Pacific halibut	0.02	0.00	0.17
Misc Bird	0.02	0.00	0.03
Copepoda	0.02	0.00	0.45
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	0.23
Misc Brachyura	0.01	0.00	0.13
Misc Echinoderm	0.01	0.00	0.14
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.27
Alaska plaice	0.00	0.00	0.03
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.07
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.03
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.20
Hippoglossoides spp	0.00	0.00	0.03
Misc Org	0.00	0.00	0.03
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.03
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.04

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1993

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