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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1993
Number of Full Stomachs : 936
Number of Hauls: 84

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 40.71 9.00 64.56
Pandalidae (shrimp) 19.62 13.00 18.91
Osmerid 4.08 1.00 2.28
Copepoda 3.59 7.00 23.64
Crangonidae (shrimp) 3.37 5.00 6.47
Mysidacea 3.23 4.00 13.97
Misc Teleost 2.65 5.00 6.37
Hyperiidea 2.15 11.00 20.97
Misc Shrimp 2.06 3.00 10.28
Paguridae 1.86 8.00 11.20
Teuthida 1.31 2.00 2.39
Walleye pollock 1.24 2.00 0.97
Misc Echinoderm 1.19 0.00 0.19
Gammaridea 0.95 3.00 5.03
Ammodytidae 0.78 1.00 1.59
Polychaeta 0.73 0.00 3.56
Misc Org 0.69 0.00 1.70
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.58 0.00 2.18
Stichaeidae 0.48 0.00 0.39
Misc Amphipoda 0.29 0.00 3.13
Misc Crustacea 0.28 0.00 0.97
Octopoda 0.17 0.00 0.43
Myctophidae 0.16 0.00 0.15
Chaetognatha 0.15 0.00 1.61
Misc Majidae 0.14 3.00 2.80
Cottid 0.10 0.00 0.16
Pteropoda 0.09 0.00 0.95
Bivalvia 0.08 0.00 1.80
Misc Cephalopoda 0.07 1.00 0.93
Gastropod 0.06 0.00 0.40
Misc Worm 0.05 0.00 0.16
Misc Flatfish 0.05 0.00 0.13
Cumacea 0.05 0.00 1.06
Arrowtooth flounder 0.05 1.00 0.36
Misc Crab 0.04 0.00 0.56
Cancridea 0.03 1.00 0.86
Zoarcoidae 0.02 0.00 0.18
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.08


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1993


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