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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2013
Number of Full Stomachs : 969
Number of Hauls: 215

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Pandalidae (shrimp) 11.07 11.00 26.67
Tanner Crab 9.26 4.00 17.55
Euphausiacea 7.60 8.00 21.56
Misc Teleost 7.28 6.00 24.23
Crangonidae (shrimp) 7.26 10.00 32.54
Walleye pollock 6.29 3.00 8.63
Polychaeta 5.29 5.00 27.52
Misc Anomura 4.66 4.00 6.90
Paguridae 4.12 2.00 16.34
Osmerid 3.97 2.00 4.49
Misc Majidae 3.41 1.00 7.23
Gammaridea 2.95 6.00 24.74
Misc Shrimp 2.60 3.00 12.55
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 2.52 5.00 17.41
Cancridea 1.68 1.00 8.41
Misc Flatfish 1.61 0.00 3.72
Cottid 1.59 0.00 4.40
Misc Worm 1.40 1.00 5.68
Stichaeidae 1.38 0.00 4.34
Ammodytidae 1.05 0.00 1.13
Copepoda 0.95 3.00 4.11
Cyclopteridae 0.93 0.00 0.41
Offal 0.91 0.00 1.30
Zoarcoidae 0.77 0.00 3.82
Sebastes 0.71 0.00 0.53
Teuthida 0.70 0.00 4.19
Octopoda 0.63 1.00 5.79
Rajadae 0.47 0.00 0.47
Salmonidae 0.43 0.00 0.12
Misc Crab 0.43 0.00 2.35
Chionoecetes spp. 0.42 0.00 1.93
Pacific Cod 0.41 0.00 0.08
Misc Cephalopoda 0.37 0.00 0.52
Arrowtooth flounder 0.35 0.00 0.57
Bivalvia 0.34 1.00 5.31
Gastropod 0.30 0.00 4.36
Sea Cucumber 0.30 0.00 0.98
Atka Mackeral 0.29 0.00 0.17
Misc Gadidae 0.29 0.00 1.05
Isopoda 0.21 0.00 2.04
Flathead sole 0.20 0.00 0.57
Unid Rockfish 0.19 0.00 0.63
Unid Eggs 0.17 0.00 0.47
Capreillidea 0.16 0.00 1.48
Misc Org 0.15 0.00 1.56
Mysidacea 0.15 0.00 2.55
Ctenophora 0.14 0.00 0.17
Cnidaria 0.13 0.00 0.38
Clupeoidei 0.12 0.00 0.16
Southern rock sole 0.12 0.00 0.23
Brittle Star 0.11 0.00 0.71
Agonidae 0.10 0.00 0.99
Cumacea 0.10 1.00 1.26
Misc Lithodidae 0.10 0.00 0.11
Hyperiidea 0.08 0.00 1.49
Lepidopsetta sp 0.07 0.00 0.07
Pteropoda 0.07 0.00 0.12
Pholidae 0.07 0.00 0.35
Misc Crustacea 0.07 0.00 1.21
Misc Mollusca 0.07 0.00 0.36
Fish Eggs 0.05 0.00 0.05
Sebastelobus 0.05 0.00 0.16
Tunicate 0.03 0.00 0.50
Pacific sandfish 0.02 0.00 0.47
Misc Amphipoda 0.01 0.00 0.31
Pacific halibut 0.00 0.00 0.12
Sea Urchin 0.00 0.00 0.16
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.12


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2013


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