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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2015
Number of Full Stomachs : 1,040
Number of Hauls: 205

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 46.16 19.00 59.83
Copepoda 13.82 5.00 28.66
Pandalidae (shrimp) 6.67 6.00 7.06
Misc Teleost 3.96 9.00 7.10
Misc Shrimp 3.75 4.00 7.29
Osmerid 3.57 3.00 3.25
Pteropoda 3.13 1.00 5.75
Misc Crab 2.35 1.00 4.04
Hyperiidea 2.15 3.00 13.94
Gammaridea 1.96 4.00 9.59
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.55 1.00 3.28
Crangonidae (shrimp) 1.41 1.00 2.92
Polychaeta 1.18 1.00 2.83
Mysidacea 1.11 0.00 4.51
Cumacea 0.94 0.00 1.26
Teuthida 0.89 1.00 2.61
Chaetognatha 0.82 0.00 2.47
Ctenophora 0.80 0.00 0.77
Ammodytidae 0.63 1.00 0.45
Clupeoidei 0.58 0.00 0.16
Octopoda 0.43 0.00 0.22
Myctophidae 0.34 0.00 0.16
Misc Gadidae 0.22 0.00 0.12
Misc Flatfish 0.20 0.00 0.46
Misc Org 0.14 0.00 1.17
Misc Anomura 0.14 0.00 0.18
Zoarcoidae 0.08 0.00 0.06
Isopoda 0.07 0.00 0.34
Misc Crustacea 0.05 0.00 0.19
Paguridae 0.04 0.00 0.92
Bivalvia 0.03 0.00 0.27
Flathead sole 0.02 0.00 0.12
Pacific Cod 0.02 0.00 0.06
Misc Decapoda 0.02 0.00 0.10
Southern rock sole 0.02 0.00 0.12
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.22
Misc Amphipoda 0.01 0.00 0.06
Capreillidea 0.00 0.00 0.10
Cottid 0.00 0.00 0.06
Cnidaria 0.00 0.00 0.06
Misc Majidae 0.00 0.00 0.15
Misc Cephalopoda 0.00 0.00 0.09
Bathylagid 0.00 0.00 0.06
Walleye pollock 0.00 0.00 0.16
Misc Mollusca 0.00 0.00 0.06
Agonidae 0.00 0.00 0.06
Brittle Star 0.00 0.00 0.04


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2015


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