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 2000
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,437
Number of Hauls: 153

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	17.54	7.00	15.43
Opilio Crab	14.51	12.00	20.22
Paguridae	10.33	5.00	20.67
Chionoecetes spp.	6.92	5.00	12.70
Crangonidae (shrimp)	5.43	12.00	26.03
Polychaeta	5.30	4.00	32.38
Zoarcoidae	4.49	3.00	6.86
Tanner Crab	3.85	3.00	7.36
Gammaridea	2.92	8.00	28.80
Misc Worm	2.75	2.00	10.69
Misc Flatfish	2.74	1.00	5.37
Mysidacea	2.57	4.00	11.93
Misc Crab	1.72	1.00	7.84
Octopoda	1.68	0.00	3.48
Misc Majidae	1.63	1.00	3.83
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.43	4.00	10.06
Yellowfin sole	1.27	0.00	0.60
Agonidae	1.01	0.00	1.19
Misc Gadidae	0.99	1.00	4.70
Ammodytidae	0.96	0.00	2.39
Misc Lithodidae	0.88	0.00	0.46
Misc Teleost	0.87	1.00	3.96
Northern rock sole	0.75	0.00	0.48
Gastropod	0.73	0.00	4.74
Flathead sole	0.67	0.00	0.76
Sea Cucumber	0.60	0.00	0.65
Euphausiacea	0.58	1.00	5.18
Stichaeidae	0.58	0.00	1.58
Cottid	0.40	0.00	1.00
Misc Shrimp	0.36	1.00	7.37
Offal	0.33	0.00	0.25
Misc Brachyura	0.31	0.00	1.28
Pacific Cod	0.26	0.00	0.50
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.23	1.00	3.00
Clupeoidei	0.23	0.00	0.24
Misc Cephalopoda	0.22	0.00	0.98
Hyperiidea	0.20	0.00	3.04
Red King Crab	0.19	0.00	0.11
Teuthida	0.17	0.00	0.63
Lepidopsetta sp	0.17	0.00	0.07
Arrowtooth flounder	0.16	0.00	0.10
Cancridea	0.15	0.00	0.83
Southern rock sole	0.14	0.00	0.03
Capreillidea	0.12	0.00	2.19
Tunicate	0.09	0.00	0.52
Pacific halibut	0.08	0.00	0.05
Cumacea	0.07	0.00	0.68
Cnidaria	0.06	0.00	0.51
Bivalvia	0.05	0.00	1.35
Cyclopteridae	0.04	0.00	0.25
Isopoda	0.03	0.00	1.25
Osmerid	0.03	0.00	0.14
Fish Eggs	0.03	1.00	0.07
Misc Crustacea	0.03	0.00	1.04
Pholidae	0.02	0.00	0.04
Misc Echinoderm	0.02	0.00	0.23
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.23
Misc Mollusca	0.01	0.00	0.11
Misc Anomura	0.01	0.00	0.05
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.30
Rajadae	0.00	0.00	0.03
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.05
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.39
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.33
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.07
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.05
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.06

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2000

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