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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2011
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,904
Number of Hauls: 176

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 37.59 22.00 57.04
Mysidacea 14.42 12.00 34.43
Copepoda 12.40 26.00 42.91
Hyperiidea 10.95 12.00 31.14
Pandalidae (shrimp) 2.87 1.00 3.03
Walleye pollock 2.77 0.00 1.43
Chaetognatha 2.36 3.00 15.03
Misc Teleost 2.33 2.00 5.56
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.29 2.00 5.36
Gammaridea 2.15 4.00 22.81
Misc Gadidae 1.22 0.00 0.87
Misc Shrimp 1.19 1.00 4.22
Osmerid 0.86 0.00 0.78
Zoarcoidae 0.72 0.00 0.72
Polychaeta 0.58 1.00 5.01
Misc Crustacea 0.49 0.00 1.45
Stichaeidae 0.41 0.00 1.14
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.35 0.00 1.79
Arrowtooth flounder 0.34 0.00 0.06
Offal 0.30 0.00 0.07
Cumacea 0.18 0.00 6.55
Misc Org 0.18 0.00 0.82
Pteropoda 0.17 0.00 0.83
Cottid 0.17 0.00 0.25
Ammodytidae 0.13 0.00 0.59
Misc Worm 0.13 0.00 0.62
Misc Flatfish 0.06 0.00 0.38
Teuthida 0.04 0.00 0.08
Misc Crab 0.04 0.00 1.27
Misc Cephalopoda 0.02 0.00 0.21
Isopoda 0.02 0.00 0.27
Bivalvia 0.02 0.00 0.13
Misc Amphipoda 0.01 0.00 0.38
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.19
Unid Rockfish 0.00 0.00 0.04
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.08
Unid Eggs 0.00 0.00 0.03
Paguridae 0.00 0.00 0.04


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2011


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