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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) 2079   ( 99%) 15 % 31 % 31 % 21 %  
-403   Total Wet Mass 2079   ( 99%) 15 % 31 % 31 % 21 %  
"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) 925   ( 82%) 17 % 20 % 29 % 32 % ( 235 )
4030000CNIDARIA 327   ( 38%) 1 % 6 % 54 % 37 %( 35 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 313   ( 45%) 1 % 7 % 53 % 38 %( 32 )
4036000   Scyphozoa 36   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4038000   Anthozoa 13   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 38 % 61 %( 1 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 320   ( 82%) 25 % 6 % 30 % 38 %( 8 )
4050000PLATYHELMINTHES 2   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4130000ROTIFERA 31   ( 2%) 0 % 0 % 67 % 32 %( 3 )
4190000Chelicerates 3   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4192500   -- unknown PGC -- 3   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4192550   -- unknown PGC -- 3   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 924   ( 88%) 17 % 20 % 29 % 32 %( 153 )
4210020   Cumacea 3   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 73   ( 23%) 0 % 0 % 72 % 27 %( 5 )
4212000   Copepods 924   ( 87%) 17 % 20 % 29 % 32 %( 104 )
4212010   Calanoida 920   ( 90%) 17 % 20 % 29 % 32 %( 61 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 374   ( 64%) 12 % 13 % 29 % 44 %( 27 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 918   ( 83%) 17 % 20 % 29 % 32 %( 14 )
4212050   Monstrilloida 7   (100%) 0 % 28 % 42 % 28 %( 1 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 427   ( 97%) 4 % 31 % 32 % 31 %( 8 )
4214000   Mysidacea 13   ( 77%) 30 % 7 % 15 % 46 %( 5 )
4216000   Isopods 3   ( 50%) 0 % 0 % 66 % 33 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 197   ( 63%) 20 % 19 % 41 % 18 %( 15 )
4217025   Gammaridea 26   ( 9%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 5 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 173   ( 78%) 23 % 22 % 34 % 19 %( 9 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 491   ( 97%) 21 % 22 % 34 % 21 %( 7 )
4219000   Decapoda 145   ( 94%) 0 % 28 % 71 % 0 %( 3 )
4220000ANNELIDA 290   ( 55%) 1 % 33 % 41 % 24 %( 7 )
4225000   Polychaetes 256   ( 56%) 1 % 37 % 39 % 22 %( 5 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 463   ( 53%) 17 % 4 % 27 % 50 %( 8 )
4262500   Gastropoda 452   ( 59%) 17 % 4 % 26 % 50 %( 7 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 56   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 51 % 48 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 4   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 50 % 50 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 503   ( 70%) 7 % 16 % 44 % 30 %( 5 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 108   ( 5%) 0 % 0 % 54 % 45 %( 4 )
4342000   Asteroidea 19   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 94 % 5 %( 2 )
4344000   Ophiuroidea 1   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 553   ( 66%) 8 % 11 % 36 % 43 %( 7 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 553   ( 66%) 8 % 11 % 36 % 43 %( 7 )
"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) 1473   ( 95%) 10 % 31 % 40 % 17 % ( 398 )
2040000Foraminifera 21   ( 1%) 0 % 0 % 57 % 42 %( 2 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 1173   ( 99%) 9 % 25 % 45 % 19 %( 146 )
2080000Ciliates 45   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 40 % 60 %( 23 )
2100000Coccolithophores 423   (100%) 0 % 51 % 32 % 16 %( 8 )
2110000Cryptomonads 72   (100%) 1 % 0 % 44 % 54 %( 11 )
2120000Euglenoids* 42   (100%) 7 % 26 % 52 % 14 %( 8 )
2130000Chrysomonads 341   ( 95%) 3 % 16 % 56 % 23 %( 14 )
2160000Diatoms 1365   ( 99%) 9 % 34 % 40 % 16 %( 161 )
2270000Actinopoda 21   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 42 % 57 %( 7 )
2280000Chlorophyta 187   (100%) 16 % 21 % 36 % 25 %( 16 )
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) 4   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   Biological Atlas of the Arctic Seas 2000 NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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