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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1996
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,719
Number of Hauls: 162

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 42.78 2.00 58.45
Copepoda 22.24 0.00 35.02
Mysidacea 9.52 0.00 17.87
Walleye pollock 5.38 10.00 2.45
Gammaridea 3.67 1.00 10.80
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.95 4.00 5.33
Hyperiidea 2.82 0.00 7.57
Misc Teleost 1.82 12.00 3.85
Polychaeta 1.42 1.00 3.94
Misc Gadidae 1.23 1.00 0.42
Cumacea 0.70 0.00 2.32
Pandalidae (shrimp) 0.62 3.00 1.16
Misc Shrimp 0.53 1.00 1.76
Zoarcoidae 0.41 0.00 0.19
Misc Worm 0.31 0.00 0.31
Osmerid 0.26 0.00 0.07
Stichaeidae 0.25 0.00 0.84
Cottid 0.24 1.00 0.35
Ammodytidae 0.19 0.00 0.12
Chaetognatha 0.19 0.00 0.47
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.16 0.00 0.68
Misc Org 0.09 0.00 0.45
Opilio Crab 0.08 0.00 0.62
Myctophidae 0.07 0.00 0.03
Arrowtooth flounder 0.06 0.00 0.25
Misc Flatfish 0.04 0.00 0.29
Greenland turbot 0.03 0.00 0.25
Misc Brachyura 0.01 0.00 0.12
Pacific halibut 0.01 0.00 0.19
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.06
Southern rock sole 0.00 0.00 0.06
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.07


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1996


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