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 1999
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,401
Number of Hauls: 136

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	24.29	10.00	18.18
Opilio Crab	8.32	7.00	10.70
Paguridae	7.19	4.00	16.54
Polychaeta	5.31	3.00	36.39
Chionoecetes spp.	5.08	5.00	11.07
Misc Flatfish	4.94	3.00	4.27
Misc Worm	4.43	3.00	11.24
Tanner Crab	3.31	4.00	9.38
Gammaridea	3.21	5.00	27.98
Misc Lithodidae	3.20	2.00	2.73
Misc Gadidae	2.56	3.00	7.05
Zoarcoidae	2.56	1.00	4.36
Misc Shrimp	2.41	1.00	12.16
Misc Teleost	2.28	5.00	12.55
Clupeoidei	2.13	1.00	2.76
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.12	3.00	8.85
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.99	6.00	17.84
Mysidacea	1.80	2.00	12.20
Euphausiacea	1.50	0.00	6.50
Misc Crab	0.86	0.00	6.01
Offal	0.74	0.00	0.79
Pacific Cod	0.72	0.00	0.29
Copepoda	0.64	0.00	1.25
Gastropod	0.60	0.00	3.77
Lepidopsetta sp	0.58	0.00	0.69
Fish Eggs	0.56	0.00	0.15
Misc Brachyura	0.53	0.00	1.60
Octopoda	0.52	0.00	3.02
Yellowfin sole	0.51	0.00	0.21
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.48	1.00	2.25
Flathead sole	0.41	0.00	0.37
Misc Org	0.35	0.00	0.04
Northern rock sole	0.35	0.00	0.22
Osmerid	0.35	0.00	0.44
Red King Crab	0.35	0.00	0.04
Agonidae	0.32	0.00	1.53
Hyperiidea	0.31	0.00	4.57
Misc Majidae	0.23	0.00	0.88
Cyclopteridae	0.22	0.00	0.06
Misc Mollusca	0.20	0.00	0.62
Stichaeidae	0.20	0.00	0.88
Bivalvia	0.18	0.00	3.37
Misc Crustacea	0.17	0.00	2.61
Misc Cephalopoda	0.15	0.00	0.75
Cancridea	0.15	0.00	2.06
Cottid	0.12	0.00	1.09
Pteropoda	0.10	0.00	0.74
Teuthida	0.07	0.00	0.41
Misc Org	0.06	0.00	1.49
Misc Echinoderm	0.05	0.00	0.46
Ammodytidae	0.05	0.00	0.26
Rajadae	0.04	0.00	0.06
Cnidaria	0.02	0.00	0.33
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	1.53
Misc Amphipoda	0.02	0.00	0.24
Arrowtooth flounder	0.02	0.00	0.15
Tunicate	0.01	0.00	0.18
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.76
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.09
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.04
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.13
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.22

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1999

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