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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,035
Number of Hauls: 89

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Walleye pollock 18.61 3.00 9.24
Pandalidae (shrimp) 15.03 18.00 34.52
Crangonidae (shrimp) 7.06 14.00 28.23
Polychaeta 7.02 7.00 23.97
Paguridae 6.68 4.00 16.06
Tanner Crab 6.57 8.00 16.71
Euphausiacea 5.51 3.00 25.15
Misc Majidae 4.03 2.00 6.52
Gammaridea 3.49 9.00 23.72
Cottid 3.00 1.00 6.93
Arrowtooth flounder 2.50 0.00 1.00
Octopoda 2.49 3.00 12.97
Cancridea 1.75 1.00 5.16
Offal 1.75 0.00 0.32
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.58 2.00 5.03
Ammodytidae 1.33 2.00 2.22
Misc Teleost 1.31 1.00 5.14
Osmerid 1.26 0.00 1.48
Misc Flatfish 1.03 0.00 2.10
Misc Cephalopoda 1.01 0.00 2.23
Stichaeidae 0.91 0.00 2.51
Zoarcoidae 0.83 0.00 1.39
Flathead sole 0.80 0.00 0.67
Misc Shrimp 0.71 0.00 3.25
Teuthida 0.56 0.00 1.38
Misc Crab 0.48 0.00 2.79
Gastropod 0.44 0.00 3.60
Rajadae 0.38 0.00 0.28
Misc Org 0.37 0.00 0.79
Bivalvia 0.29 0.00 4.25
Isopoda 0.23 0.00 2.41
Cumacea 0.18 0.00 0.07
Misc Echinoderm 0.17 0.00 0.52
Misc Anomura 0.12 0.00 0.38
Agonidae 0.10 0.00 0.37
Mysidacea 0.08 0.00 1.02
Misc Gadidae 0.08 0.00 0.24
Brittle Star 0.07 0.00 0.49
Myctophidae 0.04 0.00 0.16
Misc Crustacea 0.04 0.00 0.08
Capreillidea 0.03 0.00 0.19
Cnidaria 0.03 0.00 0.07
Hyperiidea 0.02 0.00 0.16
Misc Mollusca 0.02 0.00 0.07
Copepoda 0.01 0.00 0.30
Misc Amphipoda 0.01 0.00 0.07


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1993


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