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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2005
Number of Full Stomachs : 285
Number of Hauls: 77

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 36.18 21.00 58.91
Copepoda 24.14 11.00 43.14
Misc Shrimp 6.56 4.00 11.75
Pteropoda 3.52 0.00 9.65
Misc Teleost 3.48 6.00 6.87
Pandalidae (shrimp) 3.36 0.00 3.30
Misc Anomura 2.28 0.00 2.48
Teuthida 2.12 0.00 2.76
Hyperiidea 2.06 3.00 12.80
Gammaridea 1.88 2.00 5.26
Misc Crustacea 1.75 0.00 1.66
Osmerid 1.65 1.00 1.73
Mysidacea 1.65 1.00 3.30
Chaetognatha 1.10 0.00 4.56
Cumacea 0.99 0.00 1.95
Crangonidae (shrimp) 0.62 0.00 0.89
Misc Crab 0.46 0.00 0.89
Misc Org 0.35 0.00 0.32
Polychaeta 0.30 0.00 0.80
Agonidae 0.26 0.00 1.30
Paguridae 0.24 0.00 0.14
Misc Worm 0.14 0.00 0.32
Misc Decapoda 0.13 0.00 1.30
Ammodytidae 0.12 1.00 0.97
Misc Cephalopoda 0.11 0.00 0.60
Isopoda 0.03 0.00 0.22
Octopoda 0.03 0.00 0.22
Cottid 0.02 0.00 0.22
Capreillidea 0.02 0.00 0.65


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2005


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