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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1988
Number of Full Stomachs : 755
Number of Hauls: 63

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 27.24 24.00 53.12
Copepoda 20.98 25.00 41.83
Mysidacea 13.00 16.00 29.07
Crangonidae (shrimp) 7.22 2.00 14.70
Walleye pollock 5.41 0.00 3.01
Gammaridea 4.79 7.00 21.10
Misc Shrimp 3.24 3.00 16.22
Cumacea 2.41 4.00 11.68
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.29 0.00 5.02
Polychaeta 2.29 1.00 12.35
Hyperiidea 1.48 4.00 13.31
Chaetognatha 1.36 2.00 6.48
Misc Teleost 1.08 0.00 6.33
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.08 0.00 3.31
Misc Worm 0.86 0.00 2.17
Gastropod 0.69 0.00 1.39
Misc Org 0.41 0.00 1.58
Cottid 0.36 0.00 0.89
Osmerid 0.35 0.00 0.42
Misc Gadidae 0.34 0.00 0.08
Bivalvia 0.26 0.00 0.79
Northern rock sole 0.26 0.00 0.21
Misc Org 0.18 0.00 0.23
Tunicate 0.18 0.00 0.40
Ammodytidae 0.15 0.00 0.31
Cyclopteridae 0.06 0.00 0.32
Misc Mollusca 0.05 0.00 0.57
Stichaeidae 0.04 0.00 0.08
Pacific halibut 0.03 0.00 0.23
Misc Bird 0.02 0.00 0.32
Flathead sole 0.02 0.00 0.53
Paguridae 0.02 0.00 0.56
Misc Crustacea 0.01 0.00 0.36
Misc Amphipoda 0.01 0.00 0.09
Misc Flatfish 0.01 0.00 0.58
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.23
Misc Anomura 0.00 0.00 0.08
Greenland turbot 0.00 0.00 0.11
Alaska plaice 0.00 0.00 0.23
Capreillidea 0.00 0.00 0.16


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1988


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