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 2005
Number of Full Stomachs : 485
Number of Hauls: 77

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	19.00	9.00	15.20
Opilio Crab	9.72	14.00	15.57
Crangonidae (shrimp)	9.21	15.00	33.51
Paguridae	7.11	4.00	20.10
Chionoecetes spp.	6.23	5.00	11.15
Misc Worm	5.36	1.00	9.65
Gammaridea	3.65	3.00	21.61
Northern rock sole	3.08	0.00	2.35
Misc Teleost	3.01	9.00	15.31
Misc Flatfish	2.93	1.00	5.94
Tanner Crab	2.88	4.00	8.85
Ammodytidae	2.54	1.00	2.71
Polychaeta	2.43	2.00	20.20
Octopoda	2.35	1.00	5.21
Clupeoidei	2.31	0.00	0.96
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	2.25	0.00	5.95
Red King Crab	1.50	0.00	0.81
Yellowfin sole	1.19	0.00	1.52
Mysidacea	1.19	4.00	15.92
Cottid	1.17	0.00	1.41
Gastropod	1.15	0.00	3.27
Zoarcoidae	1.07	2.00	5.12
Misc Crab	1.03	0.00	4.04
Pacific sandfish	0.95	0.00	0.32
Misc Shrimp	0.87	0.00	2.92
Osmerid	0.71	0.00	1.18
Cancridea	0.71	2.00	3.15
Misc Gadidae	0.63	0.00	0.53
Misc Majidae	0.62	0.00	1.36
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.53	2.00	3.99
Misc Cephalopoda	0.49	0.00	0.52
Bering Flounder	0.33	0.00	0.52
Flathead sole	0.32	0.00	0.58
Arrowtooth flounder	0.26	0.00	0.22
Cyclopteridae	0.21	0.00	0.37
Copepoda	0.16	0.00	1.11
Bivalvia	0.14	0.00	2.96
Tunicate	0.14	0.00	0.11
Cumacea	0.13	0.00	1.43
Misc Org	0.11	0.00	0.26
Euphausiacea	0.07	0.00	1.35
Offal	0.06	0.00	0.14
Isopoda	0.05	0.00	0.35
Misc Amphipoda	0.04	0.00	0.13
Blue King Crab	0.04	0.00	0.14
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.02	0.00	0.22
Sea Cucumber	0.01	0.00	0.16
Agonidae	0.01	0.00	0.26
Misc Echinoderm	0.01	0.00	0.26
Capreillidea	0.01	0.00	0.57
Misc Mollusca	0.01	0.00	0.26
Brittle Star	0.01	0.00	0.52
Stichaeidae	0.00	0.00	0.32
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.38
Cnidaria	0.00	0.00	0.14
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.12

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2005

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