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 1994
Number of Full Stomachs : 2,456
Number of Hauls: 192

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	23.63	7.00	19.72
Opilio Crab	13.01	6.00	20.19
Paguridae	5.78	4.00	17.55
Misc Worm	4.45	3.00	11.82
Misc Teleost	4.21	2.00	14.53
Polychaeta	3.92	7.00	24.89
Zoarcoidae	3.66	2.00	7.67
Misc Flatfish	3.06	0.00	3.91
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.06	9.00	24.07
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.96	4.00	9.36
Chionoecetes spp.	1.93	1.00	5.33
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.90	1.00	3.48
Ammodytidae	1.90	0.00	2.80
Tanner Crab	1.87	2.00	7.90
Mysidacea	1.87	5.00	8.31
Misc Lithodidae	1.76	0.00	1.14
Misc Shrimp	1.70	2.00	7.65
Gammaridea	1.53	18.00	23.86
Misc Crab	1.40	1.00	4.41
Misc Gadidae	1.30	0.00	3.58
Yellowfin sole	1.22	0.00	0.78
Northern rock sole	1.13	0.00	0.95
Octopoda	1.07	0.00	2.88
Gastropod	1.00	0.00	3.09
Offal	0.96	0.00	0.71
Euphausiacea	0.93	3.00	2.83
Stichaeidae	0.92	0.00	2.57
Pacific Cod	0.89	0.00	0.69
Cottid	0.88	0.00	1.50
Misc Org	0.81	0.00	3.69
Cancridea	0.80	0.00	1.99
Misc Majidae	0.71	0.00	1.05
Flathead sole	0.62	0.00	1.26
Bivalvia	0.52	0.00	3.65
Osmerid	0.50	0.00	0.44
Agonidae	0.44	0.00	0.87
Red King Crab	0.27	0.00	0.21
Pacific halibut	0.22	0.00	0.04
Sebastes	0.21	0.00	0.05
Misc Hexagrammidae	0.20	0.00	0.15
Cnidaria	0.13	0.00	0.20
Bering Flounder	0.13	0.00	0.08
Tunicate	0.10	0.00	0.18
Pacific sandfish	0.09	0.00	0.05
Unid Rockfish	0.09	0.00	0.06
Sea Cucumber	0.04	0.00	0.05
Misc Echinoderm	0.03	0.00	0.20
Isopoda	0.03	0.00	0.19
Alaska plaice	0.02	0.00	0.05
Misc Mollusca	0.02	0.00	0.06
Rajadae	0.02	0.00	0.03
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.04
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.05
Lepidopsetta sp	0.01	0.00	0.05
Misc Anomura	0.01	0.00	0.16
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.28
Arrowtooth flounder	0.01	0.00	0.03
Kamchatka flounder	0.01	0.00	0.02
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.16
Misc Crustacea	0.01	0.00	0.27
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.07
Misc Cephalopoda	0.00	0.00	0.11
Teuthida	0.00	0.00	0.18
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.17
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.29
Greenland turbot	0.00	0.00	0.07
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.16
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.03
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.02
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.07

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1994

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