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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2003
Number of Full Stomachs : 631
Number of Hauls: 46

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 51.91 56.00 71.93
Pandalidae (shrimp) 15.60 9.00 18.26
Copepoda 7.97 9.00 20.69
Misc Shrimp 6.11 6.00 15.84
Misc Teleost 4.79 1.00 10.43
Osmerid 3.74 2.00 5.62
Walleye pollock 1.83 0.00 0.58
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.66 1.00 7.63
Misc Crab 1.14 1.00 2.73
Gammaridea 0.83 1.00 5.05
Polychaeta 0.77 0.00 1.53
Mysidacea 0.59 0.00 3.61
Pteropoda 0.39 0.00 2.15
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.34 0.00 1.47
Misc Decapoda 0.20 0.00 1.91
Cottid 0.17 0.00 0.43
Clupeoidei 0.15 0.00 0.22
Cyclopteridae 0.12 0.00 0.14
Paguridae 0.08 0.00 2.97
Zoarcoidae 0.08 0.00 0.17
Misc Crustacea 0.07 0.00 1.21
Hyperiidea 0.07 0.00 4.24
Cancridea 0.06 0.00 0.43
Cumacea 0.05 0.00 0.76
Misc Amphipoda 0.04 0.00 0.59
Misc Org 0.04 0.00 0.16
Bivalvia 0.04 0.00 0.48
Teuthida 0.04 0.00 0.47
Misc Flatfish 0.03 0.00 0.17
Ammodytidae 0.03 0.00 0.43
Myctophidae 0.01 0.00 0.43
Gastropod 0.01 0.00 0.17
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.14
Chaetognatha 0.01 0.00 0.29
Misc Brachyura 0.01 0.00 0.62
Misc Lithodidae 0.00 0.00 0.14
Misc Worm 0.00 0.00 0.14


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2003


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