Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet Compostion Tables > Pacific cod Home

Diet table for Aleutian Islands Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2002
Number of Full Stomachs : 364
Number of Hauls: 45

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Atka Mackeral	23.74	7.00	15.42
Cottid	18.20	11.00	32.50
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	10.17	14.00	30.47
Misc Teleost	7.61	8.00	33.82
Pandalidae (shrimp)	6.63	10.00	22.18
Teuthida	4.45	3.00	9.75
Misc Shrimp	4.02	7.00	25.43
Stichaeidae	2.84	1.00	5.80
Paguridae	2.77	0.00	7.70
Polychaeta	2.76	4.00	20.29
Chionoecetes spp.	2.21	1.00	2.35
Cancridea	1.67	1.00	4.79
Gammaridea	1.66	7.00	28.27
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.56	3.00	10.44
Euphausiacea	1.55	2.00	13.56
Octopoda	1.31	2.00	9.20
Sebastes	0.77	0.00	0.60
Ammodytidae	0.75	0.00	1.68
Misc Crab	0.64	0.00	1.37
Cyclopteridae	0.64	0.00	2.76
Misc Cephalopoda	0.52	0.00	5.66
Agonidae	0.49	0.00	0.78
Misc Flatfish	0.49	0.00	3.04
Unid Rockfish	0.39	0.00	0.30
Arrowtooth flounder	0.33	0.00	0.15
Pacific halibut	0.26	0.00	0.89
Isopoda	0.18	0.00	3.60
Myctophidae	0.17	0.00	0.38
Bivalvia	0.16	0.00	0.73
Tanner Crab	0.14	1.00	2.22
Misc Anomura	0.12	0.00	0.37
Misc Majidae	0.12	0.00	0.38
Cnidaria	0.08	0.00	1.53
Bathylagid	0.06	0.00	0.16
Mysidacea	0.06	0.00	2.39
Brittle Star	0.06	0.00	0.20
Misc Crustacea	0.05	0.00	0.14
Misc Worm	0.04	0.00	0.15
Misc Org	0.04	0.00	0.44
Zoarcoidae	0.03	0.00	0.25
Misc Echinoderm	0.02	0.00	0.32
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.47
Gastropod	0.01	0.00	0.55
Sea Cucumber	0.00	0.00	0.14
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.67
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.14
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.15

Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2002

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