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 1997
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,177
Number of Hauls: 85

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	25.40	7.00	19.39
Opilio Crab	15.62	18.00	25.11
Paguridae	8.29	5.00	24.55
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.40	10.00	29.63
Tanner Crab	4.13	5.00	11.59
Zoarcoidae	4.07	5.00	9.12
Misc Teleost	3.48	4.00	14.41
Misc Worm	3.34	3.00	10.27
Cancridea	3.00	0.00	1.02
Misc Flatfish	2.73	1.00	3.43
Mysidacea	2.53	4.00	13.17
Polychaeta	2.25	4.00	28.58
Offal	1.74	0.00	1.17
Misc Lithodidae	1.70	0.00	1.53
Yellowfin sole	1.67	0.00	0.24
Gammaridea	1.49	7.00	26.78
Euphausiacea	1.28	0.00	4.04
Northern rock sole	1.06	0.00	0.49
Chionoecetes spp.	1.04	1.00	5.55
Octopoda	1.03	0.00	2.95
Stichaeidae	0.97	1.00	3.40
Flathead sole	0.87	0.00	1.12
Misc Majidae	0.77	0.00	1.41
Pacific Cod	0.76	0.00	0.35
Osmerid	0.75	0.00	0.65
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.65	1.00	6.21
Misc Shrimp	0.51	1.00	8.06
Agonidae	0.49	0.00	0.75
Arrowtooth flounder	0.48	0.00	0.12
Gastropod	0.47	0.00	2.18
Lepidopsetta sp	0.38	0.00	0.35
Misc Org	0.34	0.00	3.26
Bivalvia	0.32	0.00	2.99
Ammodytidae	0.27	0.00	1.05
Misc Gadidae	0.26	0.00	1.80
Bering Flounder	0.25	0.00	0.59
Misc Crab	0.19	0.00	2.28
Cottid	0.18	0.00	1.06
Misc Brachyura	0.16	0.00	0.27
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.12	0.00	2.37
Rajadae	0.12	0.00	0.13
Misc Echinoderm	0.07	0.00	0.35
Southern rock sole	0.06	0.00	0.06
Misc Crustacea	0.05	0.00	0.93
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	1.62
Misc Cephalopoda	0.02	0.00	0.23
Fish Eggs	0.02	0.00	0.06
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.32
Tunicate	0.01	0.00	0.14
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.21
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.48
Copepoda	0.01	0.00	0.41
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.29
Sea Cucumber	0.00	0.00	0.06
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.14
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.12

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1997

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