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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1994
Number of Full Stomachs : 3,128
Number of Hauls: 191

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 36.05 6.00 53.66
Copepoda 19.98 1.00 35.56
Walleye pollock 12.57 15.00 6.39
Crangonidae (shrimp) 5.27 8.00 8.19
Pandalidae (shrimp) 5.20 12.00 5.58
Mysidacea 3.88 3.00 11.85
Gammaridea 3.33 7.00 9.89
Chaetognatha 3.21 0.00 6.87
Polychaeta 0.87 5.00 3.45
Misc Worm 0.75 0.00 0.88
Misc Gadidae 0.62 1.00 1.24
Hyperiidea 0.57 3.00 9.49
Offal 0.57 0.00 0.22
Clupeoidei 0.52 0.00 0.31
Ammodytidae 0.51 0.00 0.37
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.37 1.00 1.07
Cumacea 0.37 0.00 2.90
Misc Shrimp 0.37 1.00 1.39
Misc Teleost 0.35 3.00 1.40
Northern rock sole 0.22 0.00 0.09
Misc Org 0.22 0.00 0.50
Pteropoda 0.20 0.00 0.56
Stichaeidae 0.20 0.00 0.20
Teuthida 0.19 0.00 0.23
Pacific Cod 0.19 0.00 0.09
Osmerid 0.18 0.00 0.27
Cottid 0.18 0.00 0.23
Misc Flatfish 0.11 0.00 0.09
Paguridae 0.11 0.00 0.33
Zoarcoidae 0.06 0.00 0.10
Agonidae 0.04 0.00 0.05
Gastropod 0.04 0.00 0.09
Chionoecetes spp. 0.02 1.00 0.17
Greenland turbot 0.00 0.00 0.08
Cyclopteridae 0.00 0.00 0.05
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.03
Misc Amphipoda 0.00 0.00 0.03
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.03
Misc Crab 0.00 0.00 0.03


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1994


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