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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2006
Number of Full Stomachs : 743
Number of Hauls: 114

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 37.36 37.00 68.16
Copepoda 30.24 19.00 47.67
Mysidacea 6.08 7.00 15.02
Crangonidae (shrimp) 4.51 5.00 12.01
Gammaridea 2.29 3.00 8.64
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.22 0.00 4.93
Clupeoidei 1.89 0.00 0.76
Hyperiidea 1.75 5.00 15.94
Misc Teleost 1.61 0.00 6.95
Chaetognatha 1.57 2.00 7.02
Misc Shrimp 1.28 0.00 6.84
Walleye pollock 1.26 0.00 1.55
Misc Crustacea 0.91 0.00 1.68
Misc Org 0.78 0.00 1.48
Pteropoda 0.71 1.00 5.12
Polychaeta 0.70 1.00 6.01
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.58 0.00 1.92
Misc Worm 0.38 0.00 0.56
Misc Amphipoda 0.29 0.00 0.66
Pacific Cod 0.24 0.00 0.18
Cumacea 0.23 1.00 4.97
Misc Majidae 0.13 0.00 0.18
Cottid 0.12 0.00 0.97
Misc Flatfish 0.09 0.00 0.58
Osmerid 0.08 0.00 0.18
Misc Crab 0.07 0.00 0.79
Paguridae 0.07 0.00 0.90
Offal 0.06 0.00 0.30
Zoarcoidae 0.05 0.00 0.76
Brittle Star 0.02 0.00 0.37
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.18
Agonidae 0.01 0.00 0.47
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.12
Misc Decapoda 0.01 0.00 0.26
Gastropod 0.01 0.00 0.39
Northern rock sole 0.00 0.00 0.29
Misc Lithodidae 0.00 0.00 0.19
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.06
Misc Brachyura 0.00 0.00 0.09
Misc Anomura 0.00 0.00 0.10


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2006


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