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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1998
Number of Full Stomachs : 2,210
Number of Hauls: 140

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 59.21 5.00 76.10
Copepoda 25.11 2.00 49.62
Walleye pollock 2.55 3.00 0.81
Pandalidae (shrimp) 1.77 3.00 1.93
Mysidacea 1.60 4.00 9.82
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.31 6.00 6.47
Misc Gadidae 1.30 2.00 0.81
Misc Shrimp 1.20 4.00 3.78
Chaetognatha 1.17 1.00 8.81
Gammaridea 0.65 4.00 9.89
Polychaeta 0.56 2.00 4.27
Misc Worm 0.50 0.00 0.50
Misc Crustacea 0.39 1.00 1.87
Ammodytidae 0.36 1.00 0.31
Misc Teleost 0.33 6.00 2.37
Cumacea 0.18 1.00 4.79
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.16 0.00 0.36
Misc Org 0.15 0.00 0.61
Paguridae 0.13 1.00 0.76
Hyperiidea 0.12 5.00 7.43
Stichaeidae 0.08 0.00 0.11
Cnidaria 0.08 0.00 0.08
Misc Crab 0.07 5.00 3.07
Zoarcoidae 0.05 0.00 0.14
Agonidae 0.04 0.00 0.23
Cottid 0.04 0.00 0.47
Gastropod 0.03 0.00 0.14
Flathead sole 0.03 0.00 0.04
Pteropoda 0.01 0.00 0.04
Osmerid 0.01 0.00 0.04
Misc Flatfish 0.01 0.00 0.11
Misc Hexagrammidae 0.01 0.00 0.04
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.06
Misc Mollusca 0.00 0.00 0.07
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.24
Lepidopsetta sp 0.00 0.00 0.04
Octopoda 0.00 0.00 0.04
Greenland turbot 0.00 0.00 0.18
Misc Amphipoda 0.00 0.00 0.19
Teuthida 0.00 0.00 0.04
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.18
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.12
Tunicate 0.00 0.00 0.04
Misc Lithodidae 0.00 0.00 0.08
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.07


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 1998


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