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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2005
Number of Full Stomachs : 686
Number of Hauls: 109

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 25.13 16.00 44.31
Copepoda 21.86 6.00 44.59
Gammaridea 7.94 5.00 22.06
Mysidacea 7.35 4.00 21.50
Crangonidae (shrimp) 6.36 6.00 13.51
Chaetognatha 5.45 3.00 17.57
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 3.34 0.00 4.97
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.31 7.00 4.94
Walleye pollock 1.94 2.00 1.58
Cumacea 1.70 1.00 9.53
Misc Shrimp 1.68 0.00 4.06
Polychaeta 1.21 0.00 2.91
Misc Teleost 1.07 9.00 6.23
Clupeoidei 1.04 1.00 0.78
Ctenophora 0.79 0.00 1.07
Misc Crustacea 0.73 0.00 0.78
Ammodytidae 0.61 0.00 1.19
Paguridae 0.58 0.00 0.15
Pteropoda 0.54 1.00 2.10
Hyperiidea 0.53 1.00 8.03
Cnidaria 0.48 0.00 0.79
Teuthida 0.40 1.00 0.76
Bivalvia 0.27 0.00 0.46
Misc Worm 0.22 0.00 1.09
Misc Org 0.22 0.00 0.52
Osmerid 0.22 0.00 0.18
Misc Gadidae 0.21 0.00 0.56
Misc Flatfish 0.19 0.00 0.83
Zoarcoidae 0.18 0.00 0.08
Misc Crab 0.16 0.00 0.85
Northern rock sole 0.15 0.00 0.55
Agonidae 0.12 0.00 0.37
Cottid 0.10 0.00 0.85
Capreillidea 0.09 0.00 0.23
Stichaeidae 0.04 0.00 0.92
Brittle Star 0.03 0.00 0.50
Misc Decapoda 0.01 0.00 0.09
Misc Anomura 0.01 0.00 0.34


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2005


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