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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2002
Number of Full Stomachs : 318
Number of Hauls: 42

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 17.76 18.00 49.94
Copepoda 14.05 14.00 39.65
Misc Teleost 12.50 5.00 15.71
Myctophidae 11.81 7.00 6.65
Hyperiidea 7.64 13.00 31.77
Pandalidae (shrimp) 6.07 4.00 5.05
Octopoda 2.51 1.00 3.13
Misc Shrimp 2.18 3.00 13.21
Polychaeta 1.77 0.00 4.75
Bathylagid 1.68 1.00 2.78
Atka Mackeral 1.65 0.00 1.43
Teuthida 1.60 1.00 4.65
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.56 0.00 3.91
Misc Decapoda 0.90 1.00 2.03
Mysidacea 0.62 1.00 6.42
Gammaridea 0.57 0.00 7.54
Cottid 0.56 0.00 0.63
Misc Cephalopoda 0.51 1.00 5.88
Chaetognatha 0.50 0.00 2.14
Misc Crustacea 0.35 2.00 6.37
Cyclopteridae 0.25 0.00 0.34
Misc Org 0.15 0.00 0.48
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.12 0.00 0.48
Cancridea 0.10 0.00 0.40
Paguridae 0.10 0.00 0.87
Isopoda 0.10 0.00 0.32
Agonidae 0.09 0.00 0.40
Osmerid 0.08 0.00 0.15
Misc Amphipoda 0.07 0.00 0.64
Misc Crab 0.06 0.00 0.95
Cnidaria 0.02 0.00 0.18
Cumacea 0.00 0.00 0.47
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.20
Pteropoda 0.00 0.00 0.17


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2002


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