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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1985
Number of Full Stomachs : 503
Number of Hauls: 43

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 46.53 19.00 79.26
Walleye pollock 19.26 10.00 13.92
Copepoda 16.64 28.00 49.39
Misc Teleost 5.41 3.00 11.14
Hyperiidea 5.05 10.00 36.30
Chaetognatha 1.92 3.00 14.13
Misc Shrimp 0.93 8.00 12.45
Teuthida 0.64 0.00 1.68
Gammaridea 0.59 0.00 7.39
Arrowtooth flounder 0.53 0.00 0.23
Misc Flatfish 0.47 2.00 3.97
Misc Org 0.36 0.00 1.96
Misc Gadidae 0.32 0.00 0.70
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.27 0.00 0.89
Polychaeta 0.17 0.00 2.29
Misc Amphipoda 0.15 0.00 1.61
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.13 0.00 1.68
Paguridae 0.10 0.00 7.56
Mysidacea 0.09 1.00 1.92
Ammodytidae 0.09 1.00 2.91
Pacific Cod 0.07 0.00 0.11
Offal 0.07 0.00 0.23
Stichaeidae 0.07 0.00 0.29
Misc Mollusca 0.04 0.00 0.23
Misc Cephalopoda 0.02 0.00 0.25
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 1.48
Flathead sole 0.01 0.00 0.22
Cumacea 0.01 0.00 2.45
Chionoecetes spp. 0.01 0.00 0.23
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.39
Misc Crustacea 0.00 0.00 1.02
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.11
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.12
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.23
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.12
Pteropoda 0.00 0.00 0.44


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1985


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