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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) 5471   (100%) 20 % 27 % 25 % 26 % ( 139 )
4030000CNIDARIA 12   (100%) 16 % 16 % 16 % 50 %( 1 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 12   (100%) 16 % 16 % 16 % 50 %( 1 )
4100000NEMATODA 10   (100%) 10 % 30 % 50 % 10 %( 1 )
4130000ROTIFERA 13   (100%) 15 % 30 % 53 % 0 %( 1 )
4190000Chelicerates 2   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4192500   -- unknown PGC -- 2   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4192570   -- unknown PGC -- 2   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 5343   (100%) 19 % 28 % 25 % 26 %( 113 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 1   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4210020   Cumacea 60   (100%) 35 % 15 % 13 % 36 %( 1 )
4210040   Stomatopoda 3   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 64   (100%) 7 % 20 % 53 % 18 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 4988   (100%) 18 % 28 % 26 % 27 %( 95 )
4212010   Calanoida 4778   (100%) 18 % 28 % 25 % 27 %( 78 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 130   (100%) 9 % 14 % 43 % 32 %( 7 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 1374   (100%) 13 % 26 % 30 % 30 %( 8 )
4212060   Caligoida 22   (100%) 0 % 4 % 68 % 27 %( 1 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 134   (100%) 2 % 59 % 29 % 8 %( 2 )
4214000   Mysidacea 65   (100%) 38 % 9 % 13 % 38 %( 1 )
4216000   Isopods 4   (100%) 25 % 25 % 25 % 25 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 1581   (100%) 18 % 22 % 25 % 33 %( 3 )
4217025   Gammaridea 214   (100%) 31 % 11 % 15 % 41 %( 1 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 1392   (100%) 16 % 24 % 27 % 31 %( 1 )
4217075   Caprellidea 9   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 2109   (100%) 19 % 29 % 24 % 26 %( 1 )
4219000   Decapoda 1303   (100%) 6 % 31 % 41 % 21 %( 3 )
4220000ANNELIDA 136   (100%) 10 % 24 % 32 % 33 %( 2 )
4225000   Polychaetes 136   (100%) 10 % 24 % 32 % 33 %( 2 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 772   (100%) 8 % 16 % 44 % 29 %( 11 )
4262500   Gastropoda 667   (100%) 9 % 17 % 45 % 28 %( 9 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 160   (100%) 5 % 7 % 49 % 38 %( 1 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 7   (100%) 0 % 57 % 28 % 14 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 88   (100%) 6 % 10 % 46 % 36 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 1575   (100%) 20 % 18 % 22 % 37 %( 1 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 874   (100%) 2 % 29 % 46 % 21 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 1093   (100%) 9 % 25 % 35 % 29 %( 4 )
4355000   Thaliacea 95   (100%) 1 % 8 % 38 % 51 %( 3 )
4355010   Doliolids 65   (100%) 0 % 4 % 50 % 44 %( 1 )
4355050   Salps 29   (100%) 3 % 17 % 10 % 68 %( 1 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 1029   (100%) 9 % 26 % 35 % 27 %( 1 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 18   (100%) 0 % 5 % 72 % 22 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 18   (100%) 0 % 5 % 72 % 22 %( 1 )
"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) 5645   (100%) 12 % 27 % 31 % 28 % ( 127 )
2040000Foraminifera 1088   (100%) 8 % 21 % 37 % 31 %( 1 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 2144   (100%) 8 % 21 % 41 % 28 %( 44 )
2080000Ciliates 994   (100%) 11 % 21 % 33 % 32 %( 7 )
2100000Coccolithophores 356   (100%) 3 % 15 % 43 % 37 %( 1 )
2130000Chrysomonads 986   (100%) 20 % 28 % 11 % 38 %( 1 )
2160000Diatoms 3182   (100%) 14 % 32 % 27 % 25 %( 67 )
2270000Actinopoda 499   (100%) 9 % 11 % 36 % 41 %( 1 )
2280000Chlorophyta 99   (100%) 6 % 63 % 9 % 21 %( 4 )
1000000ALL BACTERIA (TOTAL) 16   (100%) 0 % 18 % 31 % 50 % ( 1 )
1050000Cyanobacteria 16   (100%) 0 % 18 % 31 % 50 %( 1 )
"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) 823   (100%) 10 % 45 % 31 % 12 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   Continuous Plankton Record (CPR) - North Atlantic sample data. NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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