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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) 863   (100%) 18 % 16 % 28 % 36 %  
-401   Total Displacement Volume 863   (100%) 18 % 16 % 28 % 36 %  
"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) 2449   ( 99%) 22 % 22 % 19 % 34 % ( 21 )
4030000CNIDARIA 1192   ( 99%) 20 % 17 % 23 % 37 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 2434   ( 99%) 22 % 22 % 20 % 34 %( 12 )
4210040   Stomatopoda 436   ( 99%) 7 % 11 % 48 % 32 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 1138   ( 99%) 24 % 19 % 22 % 33 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 2418   ( 99%) 22 % 22 % 20 % 34 %( 1 )
4214000   Mysidacea 369   ( 99%) 19 % 13 % 29 % 37 %( 2 )
4216000   Isopods 224   ( 99%) 14 % 17 % 38 % 29 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 973   ( 99%) 18 % 19 % 28 % 33 %( 1 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 560   ( 99%) 18 % 17 % 27 % 36 %( 2 )
4219000   Decapoda 1558   ( 99%) 17 % 22 % 24 % 35 %( 2 )
4220000ANNELIDA 1016   ( 99%) 21 % 19 % 24 % 34 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 1176   ( 99%) 18 % 19 % 24 % 37 %( 2 )
4262500   Gastropoda 734   ( 99%) 16 % 15 % 29 % 37 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 1766   ( 99%) 20 % 20 % 22 % 35 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 878   ( 99%) 18 % 15 % 29 % 36 %( 2 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 871   ( 99%) 19 % 15 % 28 % 36 %( 1 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 384   ( 98%) 11 % 15 % 30 % 42 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 384   ( 98%) 11 % 15 % 30 % 42 %( 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) 1831   ( 99%) 20 % 16 % 23 % 39 % ( 2 )
2270000Actinopoda 5   ( 0%) 20 % 0 % 0 % 80 %( 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) 1169   ( 99%) 17 % 24 % 27 % 30 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   GILL Zooplankton Collection NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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