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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1991
Number of Full Stomachs : 545
Number of Hauls: 45

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 43.13 28.00 83.90
Myctophidae 10.21 1.00 11.48
Copepoda 8.60 20.00 70.10
Gammaridea 7.24 7.00 24.20
Misc Teleost 5.97 1.00 14.51
Pandalidae (shrimp) 3.97 1.00 10.35
Bathylagid 3.13 0.00 2.08
Teuthida 3.03 0.00 9.22
Hyperiidea 2.78 17.00 63.07
Misc Shrimp 1.47 4.00 35.90
Mysidacea 1.31 2.00 18.07
Chaetognatha 1.02 3.00 14.98
Cottid 0.75 0.00 2.21
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.74 0.00 4.53
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.72 0.00 5.00
Misc Org 0.37 0.00 2.16
Osmerid 0.35 0.00 0.88
Polychaeta 0.28 0.00 4.77
Paguridae 0.18 0.00 9.97
Misc Worm 0.16 0.00 2.89
Misc Decapoda 0.14 0.00 2.21
Gastropod 0.08 0.00 3.06
Ammodytidae 0.08 0.00 0.20
Tanner Crab 0.07 0.00 5.42
Stichaeidae 0.06 0.00 0.75
Pacific Cod 0.04 0.00 0.20
Cyclopteridae 0.04 0.00 1.18
Isopoda 0.03 0.00 1.49
Cumacea 0.03 0.00 1.99
Misc Amphipoda 0.02 0.00 0.96
Misc Crustacea 0.02 0.00 2.72
Misc Crab 0.01 0.00 1.34
Misc Flatfish 0.01 0.00 0.57
Misc Cephalopoda 0.01 0.00 1.12
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.74
Arrowtooth flounder 0.01 0.00 0.34
Pteropoda 0.01 0.00 0.58
Misc Gadidae 0.00 0.00 0.20
Misc Majidae 0.00 0.00 0.15
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.31
Kamchatka flounder 0.00 0.00 0.17
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.15
Misc Lithodidae 0.00 0.00 0.14


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1991


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