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Plankton Content Report

"TOTAL BIOMASS"
( measures of entire sample weight or volume )
TOTAL "TOWS" = the number of net or bottle stations
in which this sub-group was identified / measured.

Percentages are of TOTAL value.   ( What is %-quantitative ?! )
TAXA
( click for species )
PGC PLANKTON SUB-GROUP TOTAL "TOWS"
(%-quantitative)
Winter
Dec - Feb
Spring
Mar - May
Summer
Jun - Aug
Fall
Sep - Nov
-400ALL BIOMASS (TOTAL) 2575   (100%) 13 % 27 % 39 % 18 %  
-403   Total Wet Mass 2575   (100%) 13 % 27 % 39 % 18 %  
"ZOOPLANKTON"
( mesozooplankton & macrozooplankton )
TOTAL "TOWS" = the number of net or bottle stations
in which this sub-group was identified / measured.

Percentages are of TOTAL value.   ( What is %-quantitative ?! )
TAXA
( click for species )
PGC PLANKTON SUB-GROUP TOTAL "TOWS"
(%-quantitative)
Winter
Dec - Feb
Spring
Mar - May
Summer
Jun - Aug
Fall
Sep - Nov
4000000ALL ZOOPLANKTON (TOTAL) 2040   (100%) 12 % 27 % 42 % 16 % ( 142 )
4030000CNIDARIA 2000   (100%) 12 % 27 % 43 % 16 %( 13 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 1702   (100%) 12 % 28 % 43 % 15 %( 11 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 170   (100%) 21 % 27 % 33 % 18 %( 3 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 1622   (100%) 13 % 29 % 39 % 18 %( 88 )
4211000   Ostracods 1028   (100%) 14 % 31 % 36 % 18 %( 3 )
4212000   Copepods 1513   (100%) 13 % 28 % 39 % 18 %( 52 )
4212010   Calanoida 1168   (100%) 13 % 28 % 39 % 18 %( 44 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 6   (100%) 0 % 66 % 33 % 0 %( 2 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 612   (100%) 15 % 26 % 40 % 16 %( 4 )
4212060   Caligoida 11   (100%) 9 % 9 % 54 % 27 %( 1 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 15   (100%) 6 % 40 % 33 % 20 %( 1 )
4214000   Mysidacea 2   (100%) 50 % 50 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4216000   Isopods 100   (100%) 29 % 31 % 15 % 25 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 1447   (100%) 12 % 26 % 40 % 19 %( 18 )
4217025   Gammaridea 93   (100%) 15 % 65 % 11 % 7 %( 3 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 1058   (100%) 12 % 24 % 41 % 20 %( 13 )
4217075   Caprellidea 2   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 1407   (100%) 11 % 28 % 40 % 19 %( 10 )
4219000   Decapoda 32   (100%) 40 % 15 % 31 % 12 %( 2 )
4220000ANNELIDA 1119   (100%) 12 % 31 % 37 % 17 %( 8 )
4225000   Polychaetes 1119   (100%) 12 % 31 % 37 % 17 %( 7 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 1204   (100%) 12 % 29 % 40 % 17 %( 11 )
4262500   Gastropoda 1148   (100%) 13 % 29 % 39 % 18 %( 8 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 171   (100%) 8 % 40 % 43 % 8 %( 2 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 4   (100%) 50 % 25 % 25 % 0 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 1647   (100%) 13 % 27 % 41 % 18 %( 5 )
4350000TUNICATES 781   (100%) 16 % 34 % 31 % 17 %( 12 )
4352500   Ascidiacea 26   (100%) 19 % 3 % 30 % 46 %( 1 )
4355000   Thaliacea 313   (100%) 12 % 29 % 39 % 18 %( 7 )
4355010   Doliolids 90   (100%) 3 % 7 % 62 % 26 %( 2 )
4355050   Salps 109   (100%) 15 % 22 % 49 % 11 %( 4 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 548   (100%) 20 % 39 % 26 % 13 %( 4 )
"PHYTO/MICRO PLANKTON"
( phytoplankton, microbial plankton, & microzooplankton )
TOTAL "TOWS" = the number of net or bottle stations
in which this sub-group was identified / measured.

Percentages are of TOTAL value.   ( What is %-quantitative ?! )
TAXA
( click for species )
PGC PLANKTON SUB-GROUP TOTAL "TOWS"
(%-quantitative)
Winter
Dec - Feb
Spring
Mar - May
Summer
Jun - Aug
Fall
Sep - Nov
2000000ALL PHYTO/MICRO PLANKTON (TOTAL) 0   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 %  
1000000ALL BACTERIA (TOTAL) 0   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 %  
"ICHTHYOPLANKTON"
( fish eggs and larvae )
TOTAL "TOWS" = the number of net or bottle stations
in which this sub-group was identified / measured.

Percentages are of TOTAL value.   ( What is %-quantitative ?! )
TAXA
( click for species )
PGC PLANKTON SUB-GROUP TOTAL "TOWS"
(%-quantitative)
Winter
Dec - Feb
Spring
Mar - May
Summer
Jun - Aug
Fall
Sep - Nov
5000000ALL FISH (TOTAL) 84   (100%) 14 % 30 % 42 % 11 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   Ocean Weather Station "Papa" NMFS-COPEPOD
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