Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1995
Number of Full Stomachs : 3,146
Number of Hauls: 183

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Euphausiacea	40.68	13.00	52.92
Copepoda	18.94	4.00	41.17
Walleye pollock	6.69	10.00	3.33
Gammaridea	4.90	6.00	18.29
Mysidacea	4.50	9.00	18.01
Pandalidae (shrimp)	3.76	5.00	3.65
Chaetognatha	3.47	0.00	9.93
Hyperiidea	3.20	3.00	10.30
Crangonidae (shrimp)	2.88	6.00	7.42
Misc Teleost	0.82	3.00	2.38
Polychaeta	0.80	3.00	4.64
Misc Worm	0.77	1.00	1.47
Cumacea	0.64	3.00	6.34
Misc Shrimp	0.56	2.00	1.88
Chionoecetes spp.	0.48	0.00	0.33
Misc Gadidae	0.42	0.00	0.40
Zoarcoidae	0.39	0.00	0.44
Paguridae	0.34	0.00	1.06
Stichaeidae	0.25	0.00	0.21
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.19	0.00	0.83
Ammodytidae	0.18	0.00	1.08
Cottid	0.17	0.00	0.14
Misc Majidae	0.17	0.00	0.03
Misc Org	0.14	0.00	0.24
Pteropoda	0.09	0.00	0.58
Misc Cephalopoda	0.08	0.00	0.06
Osmerid	0.07	0.00	0.08
Misc Flatfish	0.05	0.00	0.08
Opilio Crab	0.03	0.00	0.04
Offal	0.03	0.00	0.07
Misc Org	0.02	0.00	0.03
Octopoda	0.02	0.00	0.04
Agonidae	0.01	0.00	0.03
Northern rock sole	0.01	0.00	0.03
Pacific halibut	0.00	0.00	0.09
Misc Crustacea	0.00	0.00	0.12
Cnidaria	0.00	0.00	0.03
Greenland turbot	0.00	0.00	0.05
Bivalvia	0.00	0.00	0.13
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.07
Misc Amphipoda	0.00	0.00	0.03
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.03

Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1995

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