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 1999
Number of Full Stomachs : 453
Number of Hauls: 50

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Pandalidae (shrimp)	13.90	12.00	36.14
Walleye pollock	11.34	2.00	5.57
Polychaeta	9.47	5.00	41.30
Tanner Crab	9.22	10.00	16.55
Misc Anomura	8.24	1.00	11.02
Euphausiacea	6.45	2.00	24.81
Paguridae	6.11	3.00	18.43
Misc Teleost	5.19	10.00	26.97
Misc Worm	3.65	2.00	11.25
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.15	3.00	21.94
Cancridea	3.14	5.00	10.03
Ammodytidae	2.99	4.00	5.86
Misc Majidae	2.05	2.00	4.57
Cottid	1.64	3.00	8.91
Zoarcoidae	1.19	0.00	2.88
Misc Crab	1.17	1.00	13.45
Misc Flatfish	1.17	1.00	4.74
Osmerid	1.02	0.00	0.90
Octopoda	0.84	2.00	9.87
Arrowtooth flounder	0.72	0.00	1.29
Misc Brachyura	0.69	0.00	1.66
Gammaridea	0.65	4.00	20.66
Misc Shrimp	0.65	2.00	11.40
Agonidae	0.62	0.00	1.42
Misc Gadidae	0.53	0.00	1.07
Misc Crustacea	0.38	0.00	2.84
Isopoda	0.36	0.00	3.83
Stichaeidae	0.34	1.00	3.60
Misc Lithodidae	0.34	0.00	0.47
Cnidaria	0.29	0.00	0.40
Kamchatka flounder	0.28	0.00	0.50
Bivalvia	0.27	0.00	6.54
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.24	1.00	4.52
Unid Rockfish	0.21	0.00	0.60
Flathead sole	0.20	0.00	0.27
Chionoecetes spp.	0.20	0.00	2.93
Misc Org	0.20	0.00	4.16
Offal	0.18	0.00	0.22
Misc Decapoda	0.15	0.00	0.50
Pholidae	0.13	0.00	0.50
Sea Cucumber	0.11	0.00	0.50
Gastropod	0.09	0.00	3.05
Fish Eggs	0.07	0.00	0.50
Misc Mollusca	0.03	0.00	0.53
Misc Echinoderm	0.02	0.00	0.69
Sea Urchin	0.02	0.00	0.13
Mysidacea	0.02	0.00	1.37
Teuthida	0.01	0.00	0.62
Clupeoidei	0.01	0.00	0.13
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.30
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.13
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.30
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.63
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.13
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.57
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.30

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 1999

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