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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2008
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,492
Number of Hauls: 181

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 41.03 32.00 63.23
Copepoda 21.63 36.00 51.68
Hyperiidea 8.76 7.00 35.04
Mysidacea 8.38 8.00 33.32
Pandalidae (shrimp) 4.05 0.00 9.72
Crangonidae (shrimp) 3.31 0.00 13.67
Chaetognatha 2.55 3.00 25.83
Walleye pollock 2.14 0.00 2.03
Misc Teleost 1.03 0.00 7.24
Gammaridea 1.01 1.00 18.95
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.86 0.00 3.91
Clupeoidei 0.66 0.00 0.69
Misc Gadidae 0.45 0.00 0.53
Misc Shrimp 0.44 0.00 8.89
Osmerid 0.31 0.00 0.98
Polychaeta 0.15 0.00 6.76
Paguridae 0.14 0.00 0.17
Cumacea 0.11 0.00 6.48
Misc Lithodidae 0.09 0.00 0.07
Pteropoda 0.08 0.00 1.82
Cottid 0.05 0.00 0.08
Misc Worm 0.04 0.00 0.55
Misc Crustacea 0.04 0.00 1.06
Teuthida 0.03 0.00 0.29
Ammodytidae 0.03 0.00 0.76
Pacific Cod 0.02 0.00 0.09
Misc Flatfish 0.02 0.00 0.37
Misc Anomura 0.02 0.00 0.11
Misc Org 0.02 0.00 0.34
Misc Crab 0.02 0.00 0.86
Misc Cephalopoda 0.01 0.00 0.13
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.16
Zoarcoidae 0.01 0.00 0.05
Misc Decapoda 0.00 0.00 0.48
Misc Amphipoda 0.00 0.00 0.64
Octopoda 0.00 0.00 0.06
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.28
Capreillidea 0.00 0.00 0.17
Fish Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.55
Misc Brachyura 0.00 0.00 0.11


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2008


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