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 2006
Number of Full Stomachs : 748
Number of Hauls: 108

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Walleye pollock	19.67	5.00	19.80
Chionoecetes spp.	8.86	4.00	14.42
Crangonidae (shrimp)	6.89	15.00	34.48
Paguridae	6.30	3.00	16.59
Pacific Cod	5.34	0.00	4.68
Tanner Crab	5.20	3.00	9.62
Misc Flatfish	4.75	1.00	7.16
Opilio Crab	4.63	1.00	5.08
Misc Teleost	3.74	2.00	17.34
Polychaeta	3.16	9.00	32.87
Misc Lithodidae	3.14	0.00	2.24
Zoarcoidae	2.81	2.00	8.04
Gammaridea	2.79	13.00	22.80
Mysidacea	2.69	8.00	11.06
Clupeoidei	2.36	0.00	2.54
Northern rock sole	1.96	0.00	2.92
Misc Worm	1.79	1.00	11.57
Gastropod	1.65	1.00	6.32
Offal	1.53	0.00	0.90
Misc Shrimp	1.42	3.00	15.62
Octopoda	1.32	0.00	2.07
Cottid	1.07	0.00	1.22
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.00	0.00	4.08
Misc Crab	0.81	1.00	7.91
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.79	2.00	8.67
Teuthida	0.52	1.00	6.04
Misc Gadidae	0.51	0.00	2.23
Tunicate	0.40	0.00	0.71
Lepidopsetta sp	0.37	0.00	0.07
Misc Mollusca	0.36	0.00	1.96
Agonidae	0.35	0.00	1.48
Euphausiacea	0.29	2.00	1.57
Bivalvia	0.24	0.00	3.30
Misc Echinoderm	0.22	0.00	1.68
Misc Majidae	0.19	0.00	0.78
Red King Crab	0.15	0.00	0.12
Sea Cucumber	0.14	0.00	0.37
Misc Bird	0.12	0.00	0.14
Flathead sole	0.12	0.00	0.68
Yellowfin sole	0.08	0.00	0.08
Cancridea	0.06	0.00	0.84
Osmerid	0.05	0.00	0.56
Brittle Star	0.05	0.00	2.88
Capreillidea	0.04	0.00	0.87
Stichaeidae	0.02	0.00	0.64
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.24
Misc Brachyura	0.01	0.00	0.19
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	0.32
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.23
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.12
Arrowtooth flounder	0.01	0.00	0.19
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.41
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.21
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.08

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2006

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