Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2009
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,400
Number of Hauls: 164

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Euphausiacea	33.39	24.00	57.35
Hyperiidea	18.85	15.00	40.35
Copepoda	17.29	31.00	47.35
Mysidacea	7.90	8.00	24.36
Walleye pollock	2.90	0.00	2.16
Misc Teleost	2.66	0.00	6.85
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.35	0.00	7.37
Crangonidae (shrimp)	2.28	0.00	10.27
Chaetognatha	1.87	2.00	18.26
Misc Shrimp	1.24	0.00	7.92
Gammaridea	0.86	2.00	18.10
Misc Crustacea	0.72	0.00	3.05
Misc Amphipoda	0.63	0.00	1.01
Osmerid	0.61	0.00	0.61
Misc Worm	0.48	0.00	1.36
Polychaeta	0.29	0.00	5.04
Pacific Cod	0.26	0.00	0.07
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	0.21	0.00	3.12
Misc Gadidae	0.14	0.00	0.14
Cumacea	0.13	0.00	4.98
Zoarcoidae	0.13	0.00	0.25
Clupeoidei	0.12	0.00	0.19
Paguridae	0.11	0.00	0.23
Misc Cephalopoda	0.10	0.00	0.12
Ammodytidae	0.09	0.00	0.33
Unid Eggs	0.03	0.00	0.21
Misc Mollusca	0.03	0.00	0.15
Agonidae	0.03	0.00	0.20
Pteropoda	0.02	0.00	0.73
Cottid	0.01	0.00	0.14
Teuthida	0.01	0.00	0.03
Bivalvia	0.00	0.00	0.06
Chionoecetes spp.	0.00	0.00	0.09
Misc Org	0.00	0.00	0.22
Misc Crab	0.00	0.00	0.83
Misc Flatfish	0.00	0.00	0.08
Gastropod	0.00	0.00	0.07
Misc Non-teleost fish	0.00	0.00	0.07
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.05
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.08
Sea Cucumber	0.00	0.00	0.30

Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2009

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