Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Pacific cod Home

Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1996
Number of Full Stomachs : 588
Number of Hauls: 54

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	22.96	6.00	14.88
Tanner Crab	11.40	13.00	17.87
Pandalidae (shrimp)	10.78	14.00	27.97
Paguridae	10.69	7.00	26.86
Misc Majidae	7.82	7.00	15.39
Polychaeta	6.11	7.00	41.74
Euphausiacea	4.37	2.00	30.81
Atka Mackeral	3.53	0.00	1.06
Crangonidae (shrimp)	2.74	6.00	21.34
Misc Teleost	2.04	2.00	8.29
Pacific sandfish	1.88	1.00	0.52
Gammaridea	1.58	3.00	32.47
Arrowtooth flounder	1.24	0.00	0.36
Octopoda	1.20	2.00	9.46
Cottid	1.14	3.00	8.12
Misc Shrimp	1.01	1.00	10.22
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.00	2.00	9.17
Offal	0.98	0.00	0.50
Cancridea	0.96	2.00	6.45
Misc Worm	0.54	0.00	2.29
Agonidae	0.51	0.00	1.75
Sebastes	0.50	0.00	0.68
Misc Crab	0.45	0.00	2.65
Stichaeidae	0.34	0.00	0.71
Ammodytidae	0.32	0.00	1.31
Zoarcoidae	0.32	0.00	1.33
Misc Gadidae	0.28	0.00	0.39
Lepidopsetta sp	0.22	0.00	0.82
Bivalvia	0.20	1.00	5.10
Misc Flatfish	0.18	0.00	1.66
Brittle Star	0.17	0.00	0.68
Gastropod	0.17	1.00	4.48
Misc Lithodidae	0.16	0.00	0.25
Osmerid	0.16	0.00	1.43
Isopoda	0.14	0.00	3.35
Hyperiidea	0.10	0.00	0.49
Misc Mollusca	0.07	0.00	0.74
Misc Anomura	0.04	0.00	0.31
Pteropoda	0.03	0.00	0.14
Mysidacea	0.03	0.00	1.91
Misc Echinoderm	0.03	0.00	0.60
Pacific halibut	0.03	0.00	0.41
Misc Cephalopoda	0.03	0.00	0.93
Sea Urchin	0.02	0.00	0.15
Cnidaria	0.02	0.00	0.12
Sea Cucumber	0.02	0.00	0.25
Teuthida	0.02	0.00	1.39
Misc Crustacea	0.02	0.00	0.13
Tunicate	0.01	0.00	0.37
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	0.28
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.50
Misc Hexagrammidae	0.00	0.00	0.12
Misc Org	0.00	0.00	0.12
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.66

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1996

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