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 2017
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,920
Number of Hauls: 236

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	16.72	23.00	23.42
Walleye pollock	11.73	7.00	11.00
Paguridae	8.25	0.00	23.92
Crangonidae (shrimp)	7.42	1.00	43.05
Tanner Crab	6.69	14.00	15.43
Misc Flatfish	4.16	8.00	9.98
Polychaeta	3.45	0.00	42.75
Misc Worm	3.43	0.00	17.17
Misc Lithodidae	3.07	2.00	1.56
Chionoecetes spp.	3.03	6.00	8.93
Octopoda	2.41	0.00	6.10
Misc Teleost	2.21	11.00	17.39
Misc Majidae	2.15	0.00	6.13
Zoarcoidae	1.99	2.00	5.89
Offal	1.85	0.00	1.37
Cancridea	1.67	2.00	4.02
Misc Crab	1.64	0.00	9.70
Stichaeidae	1.59	2.00	3.79
Gastropod	1.57	0.00	9.31
Yellowfin sole	1.40	0.00	0.44
Bivalvia	1.30	0.00	9.70
Clupeoidei	1.14	0.00	1.80
Ammodytidae	1.04	1.00	1.67
Northern rock sole	0.99	0.00	0.74
Mysidacea	0.79	0.00	12.71
Cottid	0.73	0.00	1.91
Salmonidae	0.72	0.00	0.17
Misc Gadidae	0.70	1.00	2.13
Gammaridea	0.69	0.00	24.51
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.63	0.00	8.01
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.53	0.00	9.89
Atka Mackeral	0.51	0.00	0.18
Euphausiacea	0.44	0.00	1.85
Pacific Cod	0.44	0.00	0.26
Misc Mollusca	0.40	0.00	2.47
Red King Crab	0.34	0.00	0.12
Osmerid	0.31	0.00	0.44
Misc Shrimp	0.23	0.00	6.99
Misc Org	0.22	0.00	2.13
Tunicate	0.15	0.00	0.52
Sea Cucumber	0.15	0.00	0.20
Cnidaria	0.14	0.00	0.45
Misc Crustacea	0.13	0.00	1.73
Agonidae	0.12	0.00	0.75
Flathead sole	0.10	0.00	0.45
Misc Bird	0.10	0.00	0.47
Bering Flounder	0.09	0.00	0.11
Brittle Star	0.08	0.00	3.53
Misc Echinoderm	0.07	0.00	0.29
Lepidopsetta sp	0.03	0.00	0.05
Copepoda	0.02	0.00	0.77
Cumacea	0.02	0.00	0.89
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	0.35
Arrowtooth flounder	0.01	0.00	0.05
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.13
Teuthida	0.01	0.00	0.17
Rajadae	0.00	0.00	0.05
Misc Cephalopoda	0.00	0.00	0.10
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.14
Sand Dollar	0.00	0.00	0.06
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.13
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.06
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.08
Misc Org	0.00	0.00	0.03
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.06

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2017

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