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Diet table for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2017
Number of Full Stomachs : 856
Number of Hauls: 217

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 26.39 13.00 42.75
Copepoda 22.56 8.00 42.86
Pandalidae (shrimp) 7.38 5.00 9.19
Misc Shrimp 6.94 5.00 14.29
Misc Teleost 5.54 11.00 10.97
Hyperiidea 5.19 4.00 25.38
Pteropoda 4.62 1.00 12.52
Gammaridea 2.52 1.00 8.03
Crangonidae (shrimp) 2.33 1.00 4.31
Walleye pollock 2.31 3.00 3.09
Mysidacea 1.78 1.00 4.27
Misc Org 1.64 0.00 3.86
Misc Anomura 1.32 0.00 2.13
Ammodytidae 1.24 1.00 1.87
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 1.05 1.00 3.30
Cumacea 1.02 0.00 1.81
Osmerid 0.87 0.00 1.00
Chaetognatha 0.70 1.00 4.72
Teuthida 0.41 0.00 2.10
Misc Crustacea 0.39 0.00 2.34
Misc Gadidae 0.36 0.00 1.14
Stichaeidae 0.36 0.00 0.42
Polychaeta 0.35 0.00 1.81
Misc Crab 0.30 1.00 2.16
Clupeoidei 0.27 0.00 0.07
Tunicate 0.27 0.00 0.27
Misc Flatfish 0.18 1.00 0.76
Arrowtooth flounder 0.12 0.00 0.15
Sebastes 0.12 0.00 0.68
Zoarcoidae 0.10 0.00 0.43
Octopoda 0.08 0.00 0.46
Paguridae 0.05 0.00 1.82
Isopoda 0.04 0.00 0.20
Bivalvia 0.04 0.00 0.40
Misc Bird 0.03 0.00 0.12
Cnidaria 0.01 0.00 0.13
Misc Amphipoda 0.01 0.00 0.58
Gastropod 0.00 0.00 0.09
Cottid 0.00 0.00 0.09
Misc Lithodidae 0.00 0.00 0.26
Chionoecetes spp. 0.00 0.00 0.17
Misc Majidae 0.00 0.00 0.46
Cancridea 0.00 0.00 0.08


Sample locations for Gulf Of Alaska Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2017


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