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 2009
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,378
Number of Hauls: 166

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Euphausiacea	7.86	9.00	22.18
Misc Flatfish	7.51	2.00	6.86
Mysidacea	7.20	11.00	27.21
Chionoecetes spp.	7.18	2.00	8.58
Gammaridea	5.37	17.00	50.22
Misc Teleost	4.94	6.00	18.39
Misc Worm	4.91	2.00	12.26
Crangonidae (shrimp)	4.81	6.00	21.97
Tanner Crab	4.66	4.00	9.56
Opilio Crab	4.45	1.00	5.97
Paguridae	4.32	1.00	8.66
Walleye pollock	4.28	1.00	4.01
Polychaeta	3.43	5.00	33.22
Pandalidae (shrimp)	3.30	3.00	10.31
Zoarcoidae	3.15	1.00	3.68
Hyperiidea	2.74	3.00	7.81
Misc Crab	2.69	1.00	7.76
Yellowfin sole	2.65	0.00	1.40
Red King Crab	1.12	0.00	0.78
Misc Shrimp	0.97	1.00	9.97
Misc Majidae	0.91	0.00	1.53
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.91	1.00	4.60
Cottid	0.87	0.00	1.66
Clupeoidei	0.79	0.00	0.48
Agonidae	0.78	0.00	0.88
Misc Crustacea	0.74	0.00	2.18
Cyclopteridae	0.69	0.00	0.46
Stichaeidae	0.59	0.00	1.26
Gastropod	0.57	0.00	2.49
Misc Lithodidae	0.56	0.00	0.78
Misc Gadidae	0.53	0.00	1.28
Pacific Cod	0.45	0.00	0.29
Cancridea	0.43	0.00	2.47
Lepidopsetta sp	0.38	0.00	0.20
Misc Mollusca	0.37	0.00	1.07
Offal	0.35	0.00	1.06
Bivalvia	0.30	1.00	3.65
Octopoda	0.30	0.00	1.56
Rajadae	0.28	0.00	0.22
Ammodytidae	0.28	0.00	0.46
Cnidaria	0.26	0.00	0.60
Unid Eggs	0.24	0.00	0.36
Misc Cephalopoda	0.19	0.00	1.68
Misc Org	0.18	0.00	0.99
Osmerid	0.13	0.00	0.64
Brittle Star	0.08	0.00	1.49
Northern rock sole	0.06	0.00	0.06
Misc Echinoderm	0.02	0.00	0.17
Cumacea	0.01	1.00	2.41
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.27
Tunicate	0.01	0.00	0.06
Greenland turbot	0.01	0.00	0.04
Teuthida	0.00	0.00	0.46
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	1.08
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	1.00
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.32
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.42
Pacific sandfish	0.00	0.00	0.05

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2009

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