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 2010
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,284
Number of Hauls: 178

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Mysidacea	8.69	10.00	31.05
Misc Flatfish	8.41	1.00	9.19
Tanner Crab	7.05	3.00	13.00
Opilio Crab	6.02	2.00	9.45
Crangonidae (shrimp)	5.77	9.00	36.02
Euphausiacea	5.21	9.00	19.90
Polychaeta	4.73	6.00	44.84
Hyperiidea	4.16	8.00	12.27
Misc Worm	4.15	2.00	15.43
Walleye pollock	3.85	0.00	4.55
Paguridae	3.83	1.00	11.95
Gammaridea	3.31	16.00	45.99
Chionoecetes spp.	2.99	1.00	8.67
Zoarcoidae	2.95	1.00	6.73
Misc Lithodidae	2.88	0.00	1.73
Misc Teleost	2.75	4.00	19.38
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.37	3.00	10.87
Yellowfin sole	2.05	0.00	1.93
Northern rock sole	1.83	0.00	1.40
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	1.62	1.00	6.82
Offal	1.53	0.00	0.67
Octopoda	1.37	0.00	3.86
Cottid	1.37	0.00	3.88
Misc Crab	1.19	0.00	5.92
Ammodytidae	1.05	0.00	2.84
Red King Crab	0.92	0.00	0.32
Stichaeidae	0.84	0.00	2.46
Osmerid	0.83	0.00	1.62
Clupeoidei	0.73	0.00	0.86
Cyclopteridae	0.72	0.00	0.98
Bivalvia	0.63	0.00	7.76
Misc Shrimp	0.58	0.00	7.29
Misc Gadidae	0.56	0.00	1.44
Misc Majidae	0.52	0.00	1.68
Gastropod	0.43	0.00	2.92
Agonidae	0.25	0.00	1.07
Flathead sole	0.20	0.00	0.57
Rajadae	0.18	0.00	0.07
Cancridea	0.18	0.00	1.66
Cumacea	0.17	1.00	5.11
Pacific Cod	0.16	0.00	0.17
Teuthida	0.15	0.00	0.53
Lepidopsetta sp	0.08	0.00	0.53
Misc Crustacea	0.06	0.00	0.72
Fish Eggs	0.06	0.00	0.05
Unid Eggs	0.05	0.00	0.23
Pacific halibut	0.05	0.00	0.28
Misc Mollusca	0.04	0.00	0.74
Cnidaria	0.04	0.00	0.30
Sea Cucumber	0.04	0.00	0.23
Blue King Crab	0.04	0.00	0.06
Alaska plaice	0.02	0.00	0.28
Capreillidea	0.02	0.00	1.05
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	0.59
Misc Org	0.01	0.00	1.21
Tunicate	0.01	0.00	0.11
Kamchatka flounder	0.01	0.00	0.08
Misc Amphipoda	0.01	0.00	0.73
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.17
Brittle Star	0.01	0.00	1.75
Misc Echinoderm	0.01	0.00	0.07
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.06
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.09
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.26
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.32
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.05

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2010

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