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 2003
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,930
Number of Hauls: 176

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	26.42	5.00	16.21
Paguridae	13.52	6.00	25.95
Crangonidae (shrimp)	7.36	14.00	37.29
Opilio Crab	6.67	5.00	13.88
Chionoecetes spp.	4.48	5.00	14.39
Polychaeta	3.96	7.00	38.03
Misc Teleost	3.72	4.00	21.06
Tanner Crab	3.63	2.00	8.83
Misc Worm	3.20	1.00	12.01
Euphausiacea	2.83	8.00	10.04
Misc Flatfish	2.59	0.00	2.79
Zoarcoidae	2.40	1.00	5.38
Mysidacea	1.97	5.00	15.27
Gammaridea	1.57	9.00	28.40
Offal	1.49	0.00	1.07
Misc Crab	1.23	1.00	9.20
Bivalvia	1.00	0.00	5.18
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.95	1.00	5.36
Gastropod	0.93	1.00	5.59
Octopoda	0.80	0.00	2.14
Misc Lithodidae	0.74	0.00	0.98
Stichaeidae	0.70	0.00	1.82
Cottid	0.66	0.00	1.97
Misc Gadidae	0.61	0.00	1.03
Cancridea	0.59	0.00	3.73
Misc Shrimp	0.58	2.00	12.66
Northern rock sole	0.50	0.00	0.22
Yellowfin sole	0.40	0.00	0.12
Agonidae	0.39	0.00	0.62
Ammodytidae	0.36	0.00	0.84
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.34	0.00	2.83
Misc Majidae	0.32	0.00	1.47
Osmerid	0.31	0.00	0.40
Clupeoidei	0.28	0.00	0.17
Cumacea	0.26	3.00	7.58
Atka Mackeral	0.23	0.00	0.08
Copepoda	0.22	0.00	1.38
Arrowtooth flounder	0.21	0.00	0.05
Misc Mollusca	0.20	0.00	0.32
Capreillidea	0.15	1.00	3.25
Salmonidae	0.15	0.00	0.09
Flathead sole	0.12	0.00	0.17
Lepidopsetta sp	0.11	0.00	0.06
Misc Org	0.10	0.00	0.67
Tunicate	0.09	0.00	0.19
Rajadae	0.09	0.00	0.11
Misc Crustacea	0.08	0.00	2.36
Isopoda	0.07	0.00	1.15
Misc Cephalopoda	0.06	0.00	0.70
Pacific sandfish	0.06	0.00	0.11
Teuthida	0.05	0.00	0.29
Cyclopteridae	0.04	0.00	0.10
Misc Echinoderm	0.04	0.00	0.34
Sea Cucumber	0.03	0.00	0.07
Chaetognatha	0.03	0.00	0.43
Misc Amphipoda	0.03	0.00	0.43
Misc Brachyura	0.02	0.00	0.13
Misc Org	0.02	0.00	0.11
Cnidaria	0.02	0.00	0.22
Brittle Star	0.01	0.00	1.30
Hyperiidea	0.01	0.00	0.15
Bering Flounder	0.00	0.00	0.06
Ctenophora	0.00	0.00	0.03

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2003

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