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 2012
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,872
Number of Hauls: 218

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Paguridae	8.39	3.00	19.02
Walleye pollock	8.09	3.00	9.42
Opilio Crab	6.91	4.00	8.88
Misc Worm	6.55	3.00	16.29
Crangonidae (shrimp)	5.54	7.00	28.55
Polychaeta	4.76	4.00	43.84
Pandalidae (shrimp)	4.61	5.00	16.02
Misc Flatfish	4.13	3.00	6.83
Zoarcoidae	4.11	3.00	9.10
Tanner Crab	4.05	4.00	9.34
Misc Teleost	3.52	9.00	22.20
Mysidacea	3.20	5.00	20.37
Gammaridea	3.20	7.00	40.56
Chionoecetes spp.	3.11	2.00	7.04
Offal	3.06	0.00	2.81
Euphausiacea	2.57	2.00	9.84
Misc Crab	2.41	0.00	10.26
Misc Majidae	2.40	1.00	5.58
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	2.30	3.00	6.93
Osmerid	1.60	1.00	1.80
Misc Gadidae	1.51	1.00	2.86
Cottid	1.51	1.00	3.90
Clupeoidei	1.50	0.00	1.23
Octopoda	1.47	1.00	6.19
Misc Shrimp	1.28	1.00	9.42
Yellowfin sole	1.01	0.00	0.87
Bivalvia	0.87	1.00	7.98
Misc Lithodidae	0.70	0.00	1.06
Ammodytidae	0.60	0.00	1.48
Gastropod	0.60	0.00	4.69
Stichaeidae	0.55	0.00	2.00
Misc Crustacea	0.53	0.00	2.38
Cancridea	0.52	0.00	1.47
Cyclopteridae	0.44	0.00	0.63
Lepidopsetta sp	0.39	0.00	0.14
Northern rock sole	0.30	0.00	0.17
Agonidae	0.26	0.00	1.04
Flathead sole	0.24	0.00	0.47
Pacific Cod	0.19	0.00	0.51
Misc Mollusca	0.16	0.00	1.31
Misc Org	0.11	0.00	1.12
Teuthida	0.08	0.00	0.71
Cnidaria	0.07	0.00	0.38
Fish Eggs	0.07	0.00	0.06
Brittle Star	0.05	0.00	2.18
Unid Eggs	0.04	0.00	0.32
Misc Echinoderm	0.03	0.00	0.43
Tunicate	0.03	0.00	0.11
Hippoglossoides spp	0.03	0.00	0.07
Arrowtooth flounder	0.03	0.00	0.10
Greenland turbot	0.02	0.00	0.09
Misc Brachyura	0.02	0.00	0.09
Hyperiidea	0.02	0.00	0.70
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.01	0.00	0.11
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	0.65
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	0.88
Rajadae	0.01	0.00	0.05
Isopoda	0.01	0.00	0.30
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.80
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.46
Sea Cucumber	0.00	0.00	0.10
Bering Flounder	0.00	0.00	0.05

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2012

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