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 1996
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,356
Number of Hauls: 155

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	13.77	4.00	11.18
Paguridae	11.31	6.00	23.19
Opilio Crab	11.27	9.00	18.53
Misc Worm	7.38	4.00	15.61
Zoarcoidae	6.01	5.00	8.32
Polychaeta	5.54	8.00	29.83
Misc Flatfish	4.74	1.00	4.92
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.65	8.00	27.00
Tanner Crab	4.35	3.00	9.34
Euphausiacea	3.36	5.00	8.05
Chionoecetes spp.	3.15	3.00	7.83
Gammaridea	2.76	11.00	28.41
Misc Teleost	2.62	3.00	14.32
Offal	1.93	0.00	1.26
Cancridea	1.55	1.00	2.39
Gastropod	1.22	1.00	4.89
Misc Lithodidae	1.21	0.00	1.15
Mysidacea	1.19	2.00	7.39
Northern rock sole	1.14	0.00	0.82
Ammodytidae	0.96	0.00	1.30
Misc Majidae	0.92	0.00	2.23
Cottid	0.90	0.00	2.11
Octopoda	0.86	0.00	2.33
Stichaeidae	0.63	0.00	2.32
Misc Gadidae	0.63	0.00	1.41
Bivalvia	0.62	0.00	3.43
Flathead sole	0.58	0.00	0.90
Teuthida	0.55	0.00	0.94
Southern rock sole	0.50	0.00	0.19
Misc Shrimp	0.38	1.00	5.55
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.31	1.00	2.47
Arrowtooth flounder	0.27	0.00	0.09
Osmerid	0.27	0.00	0.29
Bering Flounder	0.25	0.00	0.16
Misc Crab	0.23	0.00	1.74
Pacific Cod	0.23	0.00	0.20
Sea Cucumber	0.21	0.00	0.13
Rajadae	0.19	0.00	0.11
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.19	0.00	2.01
Agonidae	0.12	0.00	0.58
Yellowfin sole	0.11	0.00	0.52
Clupeoidei	0.10	0.00	0.07
Misc Crustacea	0.10	0.00	0.61
Copepoda	0.08	1.00	1.64
Cyclopteridae	0.06	0.00	0.13
Cnidaria	0.05	0.00	0.40
Misc Cephalopoda	0.05	0.00	0.35
Brittle Star	0.03	0.00	0.15
Misc Org	0.03	0.00	0.52
Tunicate	0.03	0.00	0.27
Myctophidae	0.02	0.00	0.06
Misc Mollusca	0.02	0.00	0.06
Misc Echinoderm	0.01	0.00	0.13
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	0.71
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.26
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.13
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.00	0.00	0.08
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.06
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.06

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1996

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