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Diet table for Aleutian Islands Atka mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, collected in 2004
Number of Full Stomachs : 159
Number of Hauls: 29

Prey NamePercent WeightPercent CountPercent Frequency
Copepoda 65.39 0.00 94.37
Euphausiacea 15.65 7.00 38.45
Hyperiidea 8.68 0.00 34.02
Chaetognatha 1.56 0.00 14.36
Octopoda 1.11 4.00 1.53
Misc Org 0.97 0.00 4.14
Misc Shrimp 0.96 1.00 5.40
Polychaeta 0.87 2.00 5.32
Gammaridea 0.71 4.00 5.86
Capreillidea 0.51 0.00 3.45
Misc Crustacea 0.35 0.00 4.94
Gastropod 0.28 0.00 1.97
Pteropoda 0.24 1.00 2.76
Teuthida 0.22 8.00 5.25
Cnidaria 0.19 0.00 0.92
Misc Decapoda 0.17 0.00 1.72
Misc Amphipoda 0.09 2.00 4.48
Misc Crab 0.08 2.00 1.03
Misc Teleost 0.06 2.00 1.95
Cottid 0.01 4.00 1.38
Stichaeidae 0.01 0.00 0.69


Sample locations for Aleutian Islands Atka mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, collected in 2004


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