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 2016
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,987
Number of Hauls: 227

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	21.35	15.00	25.12
Walleye pollock	12.29	2.00	9.23
Crangonidae (shrimp)	9.34	13.00	42.44
Paguridae	6.89	4.00	24.24
Tanner Crab	6.09	9.00	14.21
Polychaeta	5.23	3.00	48.30
Chionoecetes spp.	3.87	6.00	11.71
Octopoda	3.59	1.00	5.77
Misc Flatfish	3.52	3.00	7.69
Misc Crab	2.34	0.00	9.26
Misc Worm	2.17	0.00	13.18
Zoarcoidae	2.11	2.00	4.77
Misc Majidae	2.02	0.00	5.39
Misc Teleost	1.97	4.00	15.21
Offal	1.76	0.00	1.38
Bivalvia	1.50	1.00	8.22
Gastropod	1.37	1.00	11.36
Gammaridea	1.31	7.00	30.58
Cancridea	1.10	1.00	3.82
Mysidacea	1.04	2.00	13.46
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.04	0.00	4.95
Misc Gadidae	0.77	0.00	1.72
Yellowfin sole	0.70	0.00	0.18
Ammodytidae	0.65	0.00	0.76
Clupeoidei	0.57	0.00	0.63
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.50	2.00	8.94
Misc Mollusca	0.44	0.00	2.67
Pacific Cod	0.39	0.00	0.12
Red King Crab	0.36	0.00	0.04
Northern rock sole	0.33	0.00	0.16
Osmerid	0.30	0.00	0.47
Cottid	0.29	0.00	1.12
Misc Crustacea	0.28	0.00	2.10
Cyclopteridae	0.27	0.00	0.47
Misc Shrimp	0.24	0.00	5.93
Salmonidae	0.23	0.00	0.04
Misc Lithodidae	0.23	0.00	0.40
Lepidopsetta sp	0.19	0.00	0.37
Agonidae	0.19	0.00	1.10
Cnidaria	0.15	0.00	0.10
Flathead sole	0.14	0.00	0.37
Stichaeidae	0.13	0.00	0.91
Misc Org	0.12	0.00	1.13
Misc Org	0.09	0.00	0.04
Misc Echinoderm	0.08	0.00	0.19
Misc Cephalopoda	0.08	0.00	0.40
Euphausiacea	0.07	0.00	2.70
Brittle Star	0.06	0.00	5.01
Cumacea	0.03	1.00	2.24
Unid Eggs	0.03	0.00	0.04
Misc Brachyura	0.03	0.00	0.12
Tunicate	0.03	0.00	0.12
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	1.08
Sea Cucumber	0.02	0.00	0.10
Sea Urchin	0.01	0.00	0.06
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.66
Teuthida	0.00	0.00	0.14
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.04
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.06
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.00	0.00	0.07
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.19
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.05
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.04

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2016

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