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 2003
Number of Full Stomachs : 300
Number of Hauls: 26

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Paguridae	10.77	2.00	25.01
Walleye pollock	9.49	1.00	5.94
Atka Mackeral	8.45	0.00	1.32
Euphausiacea	8.41	38.00	41.34
Tanner Crab	7.71	3.00	18.18
Misc Shrimp	4.72	5.00	20.20
Misc Teleost	4.58	6.00	27.42
Ammodytidae	4.42	0.00	1.44
Misc Flatfish	4.25	1.00	8.43
Polychaeta	4.23	4.00	35.39
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.31	6.00	29.81
Gammaridea	2.92	7.00	28.42
Misc Crab	2.65	1.00	13.85
Misc Majidae	2.33	0.00	7.12
Misc Org	2.05	0.00	3.95
Cancridea	2.03	1.00	13.94
Clupeoidei	1.86	0.00	0.26
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.75	1.00	10.42
Osmerid	1.67	0.00	2.05
Chionoecetes spp.	1.45	0.00	4.81
Gastropod	1.36	0.00	9.73
Bivalvia	1.32	0.00	9.08
Stichaeidae	1.24	0.00	2.86
Pacific sandfish	0.98	0.00	0.77
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.96	1.00	11.47
Cottid	0.96	0.00	6.23
Unid Rockfish	0.63	0.00	0.87
Misc Worm	0.51	0.00	2.87
Offal	0.45	0.00	0.79
Zoarcoidae	0.36	0.00	1.47
Octopoda	0.32	0.00	6.08
Misc Crustacea	0.31	0.00	1.74
Sea Urchin	0.29	0.00	0.96
Teuthida	0.18	0.00	1.99
Agonidae	0.18	0.00	2.44
Misc Decapoda	0.13	1.00	1.67
Misc Lithodidae	0.11	0.00	0.58
Cnidaria	0.10	0.00	0.51
Misc Org	0.08	0.00	0.26
Copepoda	0.08	0.00	0.62
Misc Mollusca	0.06	0.00	0.32
Misc Bird	0.06	0.00	0.26
Misc Brachyura	0.05	0.00	1.99
Brittle Star	0.04	0.00	0.77
Isopoda	0.04	0.00	2.28
Misc Cephalopoda	0.03	0.00	1.06
Flathead sole	0.03	0.00	0.96
Myctophidae	0.02	0.00	0.32
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	0.92
Misc Anomura	0.01	0.00	0.32
Misc Amphipoda	0.01	0.00	0.64
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.32
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.51
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.32
Mysidacea	0.00	0.00	0.77
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.26

Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2003

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