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Diet table for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2018
Number of Full Stomachs : 2,701
Number of Hauls: 227

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Euphausiacea 41.15 0.00 58.12
Copepoda 15.73 0.00 41.25
Crangonidae (shrimp) 8.98 1.00 13.71
Mysidacea 3.85 0.00 19.39
Chaetognatha 3.49 0.00 19.01
Walleye pollock 2.79 3.00 0.66
Gammaridea 2.68 0.00 12.98
Misc Crab 2.63 0.00 15.79
Polychaeta 2.18 0.00 8.62
Ammodytidae 1.99 2.00 0.79
Misc Worm 1.85 0.00 1.74
Misc Teleost 1.77 27.00 4.26
Hyperiidea 1.43 0.00 19.68
Pandalidae (shrimp) 1.41 0.00 1.61
Clupeoidei 1.25 0.00 0.14
Misc Gadidae 0.97 1.00 0.21
Stichaeidae 0.64 1.00 0.23
Cumacea 0.62 0.00 5.71
Pteropoda 0.42 0.00 0.93
Chionoecetes spp. 0.31 4.00 0.86
Osmerid 0.27 0.00 0.08
Hippolytidae (shrimp) 0.25 0.00 1.50
Misc Shrimp 0.24 0.00 2.92
Paguridae 0.21 0.00 2.76
Northern rock sole 0.19 0.00 0.07
Gastropod 0.13 0.00 0.36
Misc Flatfish 0.13 1.00 0.38
Teuthida 0.10 0.00 0.82
Misc Org 0.08 0.00 0.27
Cnidaria 0.08 0.00 0.04
Offal 0.08 0.00 0.03
Misc Echinoderm 0.05 0.00 0.02
Misc Mollusca 0.05 0.00 0.02
Tanner Crab 0.02 0.00 0.02
Misc Crustacea 0.02 0.00 0.25
Misc Amphipoda 0.02 0.00 0.07
Brittle Star 0.01 0.00 0.49
Cottid 0.01 0.00 0.10
Misc Org 0.01 0.00 0.06
Misc Decapoda 0.01 0.00 0.15
Isopoda 0.01 0.00 0.02
Capreillidea 0.01 0.00 0.13
Agonidae 0.00 0.00 0.09
Bivalvia 0.00 0.00 0.29
Zoarcoidae 0.00 0.00 0.02
Misc Cephalopoda 0.00 0.00 0.04
Misc Bird 0.00 0.00 0.04


Sample locations for Bering Sea Walleye pollock, Gadus chalcogrammus, collected in 2018


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