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 2006
Number of Full Stomachs : 453
Number of Hauls: 137

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Pandalidae (shrimp)	17.30	15.00	35.51
Cottid	15.69	10.00	25.39
Atka Mackeral	15.10	7.00	13.21
Misc Shrimp	7.77	8.00	30.41
Misc Teleost	7.24	7.00	25.37
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	3.49	5.00	12.90
Gammaridea	3.48	8.00	35.11
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.10	5.00	16.98
Polychaeta	3.07	5.00	26.10
Teuthida	2.86	4.00	17.62
Tanner Crab	2.58	1.00	3.79
Octopoda	1.96	1.00	8.44
Paguridae	1.37	0.00	4.97
Walleye pollock	1.28	0.00	1.46
Myctophidae	1.22	1.00	3.35
Misc Flatfish	1.17	0.00	2.19
Misc Majidae	1.05	0.00	2.48
Mysidacea	0.92	1.00	5.38
Cnidaria	0.84	0.00	0.62
Offal	0.84	0.00	1.12
Copepoda	0.73	0.00	1.44
Cancridea	0.62	0.00	2.46
Ammodytidae	0.57	0.00	0.51
Osmerid	0.55	0.00	0.73
Euphausiacea	0.52	1.00	6.63
Misc Cephalopoda	0.46	0.00	1.92
Stichaeidae	0.45	0.00	1.08
Misc Worm	0.41	0.00	1.72
Cyclopteridae	0.39	0.00	1.88
Bivalvia	0.38	0.00	2.16
Isopoda	0.34	1.00	5.57
Zoarcoidae	0.28	0.00	1.34
Chionoecetes spp.	0.23	0.00	0.55
Rajadae	0.19	0.00	0.18
Ctenophora	0.16	0.00	0.24
Misc Anomura	0.16	0.00	1.39
Gastropod	0.16	0.00	2.33
Northern rock sole	0.11	0.00	0.09
Arrowtooth flounder	0.11	0.00	0.73
Misc Crab	0.10	0.00	0.68
Hyperiidea	0.07	0.00	1.02
Bathylagid	0.07	0.00	0.33
Misc Lithodidae	0.07	0.00	0.24
Misc Crustacea	0.05	0.00	0.27
Tunicate	0.03	0.00	0.36
Misc Org	0.03	0.00	0.35
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	2.05
Agonidae	0.03	0.00	0.24
Brittle Star	0.02	0.00	0.59
Flathead sole	0.01	0.00	0.07
Misc Mollusca	0.01	0.00	0.20
Opilio Crab	0.01	0.00	0.08
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.33

Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2006

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