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 2013
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,697
Number of Hauls: 194

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	12.72	6.00	14.16
Walleye pollock	8.71	3.00	8.36
Chionoecetes spp.	7.13	6.00	13.03
Paguridae	6.29	1.00	16.76
Tanner Crab	5.26	4.00	10.85
Polychaeta	5.22	5.00	45.41
Mysidacea	4.37	10.00	21.54
Misc Teleost	4.33	7.00	24.24
Misc Worm	4.30	1.00	16.44
Crangonidae (shrimp)	3.93	6.00	28.80
Misc Flatfish	3.21	1.00	5.84
Misc Crab	3.21	1.00	11.15
Gammaridea	3.04	14.00	39.55
Euphausiacea	2.81	4.00	6.18
Misc Majidae	2.52	0.00	4.90
Zoarcoidae	2.35	2.00	6.08
Yellowfin sole	1.97	0.00	0.92
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.92	3.00	9.93
Offal	1.81	0.00	1.04
Misc Shrimp	1.71	2.00	13.06
Bivalvia	1.32	0.00	8.71
Gastropod	1.30	0.00	6.13
Octopoda	1.26	0.00	4.49
Misc Lithodidae	1.09	0.00	0.66
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.77	1.00	6.85
Misc Cephalopoda	0.70	0.00	2.26
Misc Gadidae	0.64	0.00	1.76
Pacific Cod	0.60	0.00	0.29
Misc Mollusca	0.55	0.00	2.77
Osmerid	0.53	0.00	0.87
Cancridea	0.52	0.00	0.90
Ammodytidae	0.50	0.00	1.26
Flathead sole	0.39	0.00	0.71
Cottid	0.39	0.00	2.25
Stichaeidae	0.38	0.00	1.58
Hyperiidea	0.33	0.00	1.60
Misc Crustacea	0.28	0.00	2.23
Agonidae	0.28	0.00	1.04
Cyclopteridae	0.26	0.00	0.87
Clupeoidei	0.23	0.00	0.25
Cnidaria	0.22	0.00	0.70
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.09	0.00	0.07
Misc Org	0.08	0.00	1.40
Brittle Star	0.07	0.00	2.62
Sea Cucumber	0.06	0.00	0.08
Tunicate	0.06	0.00	0.30
Teuthida	0.05	0.00	1.34
Copepoda	0.03	0.00	0.76
Northern rock sole	0.02	0.00	0.04
Misc Echinoderm	0.02	0.00	0.08
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	1.47
Chaetognatha	0.01	0.00	0.11
Arrowtooth flounder	0.01	0.00	0.05
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.76
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.30
Misc Org	0.00	0.00	0.05
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.12
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.05
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.18
Sea Urchin	0.00	0.00	0.04
Unid Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.10

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2013

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