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 2008
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,225
Number of Hauls: 161

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Chionoecetes spp.	11.58	3.00	16.07
Mysidacea	8.65	19.00	28.49
Walleye pollock	7.61	1.00	7.00
Misc Flatfish	7.27	2.00	9.85
Misc Crab	7.25	2.00	15.90
Opilio Crab	6.02	2.00	10.18
Misc Teleost	5.83	4.00	26.00
Paguridae	4.59	1.00	11.67
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.11	8.00	35.29
Misc Shrimp	3.59	7.00	26.93
Zoarcoidae	2.87	0.00	5.32
Tanner Crab	2.62	1.00	7.88
Euphausiacea	2.57	7.00	12.19
Polychaeta	2.37	5.00	35.05
Offal	2.13	0.00	1.72
Misc Worm	1.97	1.00	10.02
Yellowfin sole	1.91	0.00	1.29
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.90	2.00	13.15
Misc Lithodidae	1.68	0.00	1.75
Gammaridea	1.67	11.00	30.72
Clupeoidei	1.64	0.00	3.16
Misc Crustacea	1.15	2.00	5.40
Misc Gadidae	1.14	0.00	1.13
Northern rock sole	1.11	0.00	1.79
Misc Majidae	0.92	0.00	1.12
Cancridea	0.56	0.00	1.45
Gastropod	0.52	0.00	4.14
Octopoda	0.50	0.00	4.00
Flathead sole	0.46	0.00	0.34
Lepidopsetta sp	0.45	0.00	0.19
Cottid	0.43	0.00	1.83
Misc Mollusca	0.41	0.00	4.03
Stichaeidae	0.41	0.00	1.94
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.35	0.00	6.03
Agonidae	0.33	0.00	1.05
Bivalvia	0.18	0.00	5.57
Osmerid	0.16	0.00	0.17
Cyclopteridae	0.10	0.00	0.35
Misc Cephalopoda	0.08	0.00	0.77
Misc Anomura	0.08	0.00	0.18
Cnidaria	0.07	0.00	0.41
Misc Echinoderm	0.06	0.00	0.36
Tunicate	0.06	0.00	0.54
Ammodytidae	0.06	0.00	0.60
Misc Decapoda	0.06	0.00	0.39
Hippoglossoides spp	0.05	0.00	0.04
Hyperiidea	0.05	0.00	0.88
Southern rock sole	0.04	0.00	0.08
Misc Amphipoda	0.04	0.00	0.52
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	1.40
Pacific Cod	0.02	0.00	0.04
Misc Org	0.02	0.00	4.04
Atka Mackeral	0.02	0.00	0.16
Teuthida	0.02	0.00	1.30
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	0.19
Brittle Star	0.01	0.00	1.42
Misc Brachyura	0.01	0.00	0.20
Bering Flounder	0.01	0.00	0.62
Sea Urchin	0.01	0.00	0.10
Sand Dollar	0.01	0.00	0.09
Cumacea	0.00	0.00	0.77
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.26
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.10
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.05
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.00	0.00	0.20
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.09

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2008

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