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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) 0   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 0 %  
"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) 224   ( 55%) 32 % 27 % 17 % 22 % ( 542 )
4030000CNIDARIA 185   ( 56%) 36 % 28 % 16 % 18 %( 36 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 185   ( 53%) 36 % 28 % 16 % 18 %( 34 )
4038000   Anthozoa 3   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 11   ( 54%) 0 % 54 % 45 % 0 %( 2 )
4090000NERMERTEA 4   ( 54%) 75 % 0 % 25 % 0 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 224   ( 55%) 32 % 27 % 17 % 22 %( 426 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 22   ( 78%) 4 % 72 % 0 % 22 %( 2 )
4210040   Stomatopoda 1   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 182   ( 55%) 35 % 24 % 17 % 23 %( 8 )
4212000   Copepods 224   ( 54%) 32 % 27 % 17 % 22 %( 369 )
4212010   Calanoida 224   ( 54%) 32 % 27 % 17 % 22 %( 242 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 201   ( 59%) 32 % 26 % 15 % 24 %( 17 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 222   ( 52%) 31 % 27 % 17 % 22 %( 108 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 46   ( 48%) 17 % 21 % 52 % 8 %( 1 )
4214000   Mysidacea 15   ( 76%) 40 % 40 % 0 % 20 %( 2 )
4216000   Isopods 47   ( 51%) 42 % 23 % 27 % 6 %( 2 )
4217000   Amphipods 141   ( 61%) 40 % 29 % 20 % 9 %( 18 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 59   ( 66%) 20 % 44 % 22 % 13 %( 17 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 180   ( 56%) 38 % 25 % 16 % 20 %( 8 )
4219000   Decapoda 155   ( 57%) 34 % 27 % 23 % 14 %( 5 )
4220000ANNELIDA 188   ( 53%) 33 % 27 % 18 % 20 %( 6 )
4225000   Polychaetes 188   ( 49%) 33 % 27 % 18 % 20 %( 6 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 197   ( 64%) 31 % 27 % 18 % 21 %( 26 )
4262500   Gastropoda 184   ( 61%) 33 % 23 % 20 % 22 %( 23 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 73   ( 58%) 27 % 36 % 21 % 13 %( 1 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 1   ( 0%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 36   ( 48%) 44 % 13 % 33 % 8 %( 1 )
4310000PHORONIDA 4   ( 81%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 2 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 208   ( 55%) 34 % 25 % 17 % 22 %( 13 )
4330000HEMICHORDATA 7   ( 61%) 14 % 42 % 42 % 0 %( 1 )
4332500   Enteropneusta 7   ( 54%) 14 % 42 % 42 % 0 %( 1 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 51   ( 70%) 43 % 27 % 11 % 17 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 208   ( 62%) 31 % 28 % 17 % 22 %( 24 )
4355000   Thaliacea 147   ( 62%) 33 % 27 % 23 % 16 %( 16 )
4355010   Doliolids 115   ( 62%) 33 % 27 % 25 % 13 %( 3 )
4355050   Salps 93   ( 57%) 34 % 33 % 18 % 13 %( 10 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 196   ( 57%) 31 % 28 % 16 % 23 %( 8 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 5   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 2 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 5   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 2 )
"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) 70   ( 64%) 42 % 24 % 15 % 17 % ( 1 )
2270000Actinopoda 70   ( 57%) 42 % 24 % 15 % 17 %( 1 )
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) 75   ( 63%) 52 % 8 % 17 % 22 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   Pelagic Ecosystems of the Mediterranean NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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