Table 3 The number of diet samples containing each prey taxonomy.

From: A salmon diet database for the North Pacific Ocean

Prey taxonomy

Number of samples

Amphipoda

2446

Actinopterygii

2436

Euphausiacea

2153

Miscellaneous

2026

Coleoidea

2009

Copepoda

1460

Pteropoda

697

Limacina

595

Themisto japonica

584

Thysanoessa longipes

525

Limacina helicina

438

Brachyura

389

Neocalanus cristatus

353

Clione limacina

319

Hyperiidae

299

Hemilepidotus

290

Decapoda

241

Anomura

200

Gelatinous collective

195

Euphausia pacifica

180

Myctophidae

179

Hyperia medusarum

148

Polychaeta

140

Calanoida

131

Chaetognatha

122

Cephalopoda

118

Parasagitta elegans

115

Primno macropa

110

Sagitta

96

Euphausiidae

90

Rhynchonereella angelini

79

Eucalanus bungii

74

Neocalanus plumchrus

73

Insecta

68

Thysanoessa raschii

68

Oikopleura

67

Gadus chalcogrammus

60

Clupea pallasii

56

Gammaridae

55

Themisto pacifica

55

Gonatopsis borealis

49

Crustacea

47

Hyperia galba

44

Mallotus villosus

43

Gonatus kamtschaticus

40

Mysida

40

Ammodytes hexapterus

39

Ammodytidae

35

Thysanoessa inspinata

35

Gonatidae

33

Hexagrammidae

32

Cnidaria

29

Pleurogrammus

28

Harpacticoida

27

Themisto

27

Berryteuthis magister

26

Engraulis japonicus

26

Nekton collective

26

Thysanoessa inermis

26

Tunicata

25

Appendicularia

23

Leuroglossus schmidti

22

  1. Prey taxonomy refers to the lowest taxonomic level identified by the source. Prey taxonomies that were reported in less than 20 samples were excluded.