Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1987
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,293
Number of Hauls: 74

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Euphausiacea	52.68	55.00	84.03
Copepoda	20.17	10.00	51.15
Walleye pollock	4.64	0.00	3.14
Misc Teleost	3.19	0.00	9.57
Gammaridea	2.03	3.00	15.42
Misc Worm	2.01	0.00	2.76
Crangonidae (shrimp)	1.95	4.00	10.94
Polychaeta	1.62	0.00	5.39
Mysidacea	1.54	2.00	9.72
Hyperiidea	1.29	6.00	18.72
Paguridae	1.05	2.00	9.40
Pteropoda	0.96	0.00	5.75
Chaetognatha	0.78	0.00	5.23
Pandalidae (shrimp)	0.77	0.00	2.38
Ammodytidae	0.73	0.00	1.01
Misc Shrimp	0.60	1.00	7.17
Misc Gadidae	0.60	0.00	0.48
Cumacea	0.32	1.00	4.73
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.27	0.00	1.08
Misc Org	0.19	0.00	2.09
Pacific Cod	0.18	0.00	0.07
Stichaeidae	0.17	0.00	0.68
Osmerid	0.14	0.00	0.36
Misc Decapoda	0.09	0.00	1.01
Arrowtooth flounder	0.08	0.00	0.14
Northern rock sole	0.08	0.00	0.07
Misc Brachyura	0.08	0.00	0.33
Misc Echinoderm	0.07	0.00	0.23
Gastropod	0.06	0.00	0.32
Misc Flatfish	0.03	0.00	0.57
Capreillidea	0.03	0.00	0.93
Misc Crustacea	0.03	0.00	0.50
Cottid	0.03	0.00	0.43
Blue King Crab	0.02	0.00	0.07
Bivalvia	0.02	0.00	0.57
Chionoecetes spp.	0.02	0.00	0.08
Zoarcoidae	0.02	0.00	0.30
Yellowfin sole	0.01	0.00	0.08
Sebastes	0.01	0.00	0.34
Misc Crab	0.01	0.00	0.42
Offal	0.01	0.00	0.07
Cyclopteridae	0.01	0.00	0.07
Agonidae	0.00	0.00	0.08
Misc Anomura	0.00	0.00	0.20
Unid Rockfish	0.00	0.00	0.27
Misc Cephalopoda	0.00	0.00	0.21
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.35
Misc Org	0.00	0.00	0.07
Fish Eggs	0.00	0.00	0.07
Tunicate	0.00	0.00	0.07
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.07

Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1987

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