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 2019
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,862
Number of Hauls: 253

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Opilio Crab	17.09	10.00	17.48
Walleye pollock	15.25	4.00	8.96
Crangonidae (shrimp)	9.35	15.00	38.07
Chionoecetes spp.	6.44	6.00	13.76
Paguridae	6.24	3.00	16.76
Tanner Crab	4.46	5.00	9.61
Misc Flatfish	4.05	3.00	6.88
Misc Majidae	3.80	3.00	9.34
Octopoda	2.99	2.00	6.62
Misc Teleost	2.68	7.00	16.12
Polychaeta	2.27	3.00	30.62
Northern rock sole	1.86	1.00	1.10
Misc Worm	1.76	2.00	11.05
Misc Crab	1.74	0.00	6.76
Misc Shrimp	1.60	3.00	16.90
Zoarcoidae	1.39	1.00	5.32
Gammaridea	1.27	4.00	23.54
Ammodytidae	1.18	1.00	1.21
Mysidacea	1.18	0.00	8.49
Pandalidae (shrimp)	1.16	1.00	7.73
Cancridea	1.09	1.00	3.02
Yellowfin sole	1.05	0.00	0.63
Bivalvia	0.90	1.00	7.85
Stichaeidae	0.88	1.00	3.25
Offal	0.82	0.00	0.48
Misc Brachyura	0.76	0.00	2.41
Salmonidae	0.75	0.00	0.35
Flathead sole	0.72	0.00	0.39
Clupeoidei	0.66	0.00	0.85
Misc Gadidae	0.63	0.00	1.61
Gastropod	0.56	1.00	5.55
Cottid	0.49	0.00	1.01
Misc Anomura	0.37	0.00	0.59
Agonidae	0.34	0.00	1.56
Pacific Cod	0.28	0.00	0.30
Tunicate	0.27	0.00	0.37
Misc Org	0.23	0.00	5.09
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.20	0.00	4.62
Euphausiacea	0.17	0.00	3.08
Misc Decapoda	0.16	0.00	1.02
Misc Lithodidae	0.15	0.00	0.32
Misc Crustacea	0.10	0.00	3.70
Rajadae	0.09	0.00	0.16
Misc Mollusca	0.09	0.00	2.12
Sea Cucumber	0.09	0.00	0.37
Teuthida	0.07	0.00	0.37
Bering Flounder	0.06	0.00	0.20
Brittle Star	0.05	0.00	1.88
Osmerid	0.04	0.00	0.13
Misc Echinoderm	0.03	0.00	0.36
Isopoda	0.02	0.00	0.32
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.04
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.04
Misc Cephalopoda	0.01	0.00	0.19
Unid Eggs	0.01	0.00	0.93
Cumacea	0.01	0.00	1.40
Copepoda	0.00	0.00	0.58
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.22
Hyperiidea	0.00	0.00	0.22
Chaetognatha	0.00	0.00	0.27
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.00	0.00	0.07
Pteropoda	0.00	0.00	0.25
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.22
Misc Bird	0.00	0.00	0.03

Sample locations for Bering Sea Pacific cod, Gadus macrocephalus, collected in 2019

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