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 1998
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,322
Number of Hauls: 131

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	23.02	11.00	21.68
Opilio Crab	12.33	14.00	17.52
Paguridae	7.58	4.00	18.32
Tanner Crab	7.53	8.00	16.86
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.97	12.00	35.73
Misc Flatfish	4.39	3.00	6.62
Euphausiacea	4.05	2.00	12.18
Misc Worm	3.47	2.00	12.31
Polychaeta	3.11	4.00	39.07
Chionoecetes spp.	2.83	3.00	10.26
Offal	2.69	0.00	1.96
Zoarcoidae	2.69	2.00	7.85
Gammaridea	1.86	3.00	29.52
Misc Lithodidae	1.65	1.00	1.30
Misc Gadidae	1.36	0.00	2.56
Misc Teleost	1.19	2.00	12.88
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.18	1.00	8.69
Octopoda	1.13	0.00	2.64
Ammodytidae	1.12	1.00	1.98
Cottid	0.94	0.00	2.24
Cancridea	0.94	1.00	2.42
Stichaeidae	0.82	1.00	4.32
Gastropod	0.82	1.00	5.80
Misc Crab	0.78	0.00	6.68
Mysidacea	0.76	0.00	10.25
Misc Majidae	0.68	0.00	1.28
Yellowfin sole	0.67	0.00	0.52
Pacific Cod	0.62	0.00	0.45
Red King Crab	0.41	0.00	0.19
Pacific sandfish	0.39	0.00	0.06
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.37	0.00	3.17
Brittle Star	0.37	0.00	1.59
Misc Org	0.34	0.00	3.65
Bivalvia	0.34	0.00	4.92
Misc Shrimp	0.29	1.00	7.25
Clupeoidei	0.29	0.00	0.22
Northern rock sole	0.28	0.00	0.19
Lepidopsetta sp	0.25	0.00	0.22
Misc Crustacea	0.22	0.00	3.15
Agonidae	0.21	0.00	1.04
Flathead sole	0.19	0.00	0.36
Misc Brachyura	0.13	0.00	0.57
Misc Mollusca	0.11	0.00	0.31
Osmerid	0.10	0.00	0.55
Sea Cucumber	0.10	0.00	0.38
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.07	0.00	0.05
Misc Cephalopoda	0.07	0.00	0.64
Rajadae	0.07	0.00	0.05
Tunicate	0.03	0.00	0.34
Misc Anomura	0.03	0.00	0.28
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	0.71
Misc Echinoderm	0.01	0.00	0.11
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	1.20
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.15
Pteropoda	0.01	0.00	0.17
Misc Amphipoda	0.01	0.00	0.32
Copepoda	0.01	0.00	1.08
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.05
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.31
Teuthida	0.00	0.00	0.47
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.06

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1998

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