Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Groundish Diet Composition

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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2010
Number of Full Stomachs : 2,827
Number of Hauls: 281

Prey Name	Percent Weight	Percent Count	Percent Frequency
Euphausiacea	26.46	16.00	44.86
Hyperiidea	23.09	18.00	47.02
Copepoda	17.14	25.00	41.02
Mysidacea	7.46	8.00	23.59
Chaetognatha	4.24	5.00	22.01
Osmerid	2.77	2.00	3.79
Crangonidae (shrimp)	2.72	3.00	9.38
Hippolytidae (shrimp)	2.41	2.00	7.88
Pandalidae (shrimp)	2.28	1.00	5.08
Misc Gadidae	1.94	0.00	2.64
Misc Teleost	1.88	0.00	6.04
Gammaridea	1.47	3.00	10.69
Walleye pollock	1.29	0.00	1.51
Misc Shrimp	1.17	1.00	6.70
Stichaeidae	0.68	0.00	0.80
Misc Amphipoda	0.47	0.00	0.90
Polychaeta	0.44	0.00	2.88
Cumacea	0.36	1.00	4.15
Yellowfin sole	0.27	0.00	0.77
Offal	0.23	0.00	0.06
Clupeoidei	0.18	0.00	0.28
Misc Crustacea	0.17	0.00	2.10
Misc Crab	0.16	0.00	2.22
Cottid	0.12	0.00	0.63
Misc Worm	0.11	0.00	0.39
Zoarcoidae	0.08	0.00	0.10
Pteropoda	0.08	0.00	3.66
Ammodytidae	0.05	0.00	0.23
Misc Flatfish	0.05	0.00	0.64
Misc Brachyura	0.05	0.00	0.02
Misc Org	0.02	0.00	0.46
Lepidopsetta sp	0.02	0.00	0.12
Octopoda	0.02	0.00	0.02
Pholidae	0.01	0.00	0.04
Cnidaria	0.01	0.00	0.10
Misc Decapoda	0.00	0.00	0.15
Teuthida	0.00	0.00	0.15
Agonidae	0.00	0.00	0.05
Cyclopteridae	0.00	0.00	0.18
Misc Cephalopoda	0.00	0.00	0.06
Tunicate	0.00	0.00	0.02
Bivalvia	0.00	0.00	0.10
Pacific halibut	0.00	0.00	0.04
Bering Flounder	0.00	0.00	0.05
Isopoda	0.00	0.00	0.14
Brittle Star	0.00	0.00	0.22
Misc Mollusca	0.00	0.00	0.02
Gastropod	0.00	0.00	0.05
Paguridae	0.00	0.00	0.02
Capreillidea	0.00	0.00	0.03

Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2010

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