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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2007
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,073
Number of Hauls: 178

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 43.38 29.00 57.53
Copepoda 13.98 20.00 35.60
Chaetognatha 7.58 5.00 16.96
Hyperiidea 5.26 3.00 16.56
Mysidacea 4.89 6.00 13.49
Walleye pollock 4.62 0.00 4.23
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.81 3.00 6.36
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.76 4.00 7.92
Gammaridea 2.53 6.00 14.38
Misc Teleost 1.82 1.00 7.41
Misc Shrimp 1.01 0.00 3.34
Cumacea 0.67 3.00 5.04
Misc Flatfish 0.57 0.00 0.69
Misc Gadidae 0.52 0.00 0.51
Clupeoidei 0.48 0.00 0.36
Zoarcoidae 0.38 0.00 0.93
Misc Cephalopoda 0.36 0.00 0.17
Chionoecetes spp. 0.28 0.00 0.15
Misc Crustacea 0.27 0.00 1.52
Misc Amphipoda 0.24 0.00 0.69
Ammodytidae 0.24 0.00 0.37
Misc Worm 0.23 0.00 0.18
Opilio Crab 0.22 0.00 0.11
Cottid 0.19 0.00 0.60
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.14 0.00 1.16
Polychaeta 0.12 0.00 0.87
Misc Org 0.12 0.00 0.59
Pteropoda 0.11 0.00 1.29
Offal 0.10 0.00 0.06
Misc Crab 0.07 0.00 0.70
Stichaeidae 0.05 0.00 0.19
Greenland turbot 0.04 0.00 0.22
Tunicate 0.03 0.00 0.45
Misc Mollusca 0.02 0.00 0.05
Cnidaria 0.02 0.00 0.11
Capreillidea 0.02 0.00 0.34
Octopoda 0.01 0.00 0.06
Ctenophora 0.00 0.00 0.06
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.06
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.26
Isopoda 0.00 0.00 0.09


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2007


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