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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) 854   (100%) 39 % 7 % 25 % 27 % ( 676 )
4030000CNIDARIA 652   (100%) 40 % 9 % 20 % 28 %( 13 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 652   (100%) 40 % 9 % 20 % 28 %( 9 )
4036000   Scyphozoa 5   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4038000   Anthozoa 5   (100%) 0 % 40 % 0 % 60 %( 2 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 39   (100%) 15 % 38 % 17 % 28 %( 1 )
4050000PLATYHELMINTHES 8   (100%) 37 % 0 % 0 % 62 %( 1 )
4090000NERMERTEA 27   (100%) 37 % 0 % 3 % 59 %( 1 )
4190000Chelicerates 9   (100%) 22 % 0 % 0 % 77 %( 2 )
4192500   -- unknown PGC -- 9   (100%) 22 % 0 % 0 % 77 %( 2 )
4192550   -- unknown PGC -- 9   (100%) 22 % 0 % 0 % 77 %( 2 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 835   (100%) 39 % 8 % 25 % 26 %( 618 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 179   (100%) 34 % 1 % 19 % 45 %( 1 )
4210020   Cumacea 3   (100%) 33 % 33 % 33 % 0 %( 1 )
4210040   Stomatopoda 8   (100%) 0 % 0 % 12 % 87 %( 2 )
4211000   Ostracods 717   (100%) 38 % 7 % 23 % 29 %( 3 )
4212000   Copepods 835   (100%) 39 % 8 % 25 % 26 %( 594 )
4212010   Calanoida 834   (100%) 39 % 8 % 25 % 26 %( 433 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 726   (100%) 38 % 7 % 23 % 30 %( 21 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 827   (100%) 40 % 8 % 24 % 27 %( 134 )
4212050   Monstrilloida 1   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 97   (100%) 50 % 3 % 13 % 32 %( 1 )
4214000   Mysidacea 2   (100%) 0 % 50 % 0 % 50 %( 2 )
4216000   Isopods 59   (100%) 44 % 6 % 18 % 30 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 678   (100%) 37 % 8 % 24 % 29 %( 4 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 4   (100%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 3 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 728   (100%) 40 % 8 % 25 % 26 %( 3 )
4219000   Decapoda 514   (100%) 40 % 10 % 15 % 33 %( 1 )
4220000ANNELIDA 655   (100%) 39 % 8 % 20 % 31 %( 3 )
4225000   Polychaetes 655   (100%) 39 % 8 % 20 % 31 %( 2 )
4230000SIPUNCULA 1   (100%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 687   (100%) 38 % 9 % 23 % 28 %( 10 )
4262500   Gastropoda 62   (100%) 29 % 19 % 41 % 9 %( 7 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 2   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 9   (100%) 44 % 11 % 22 % 22 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 115   (100%) 26 % 6 % 13 % 53 %( 3 )
4300000BRACHIOPODA 16   (100%) 12 % 0 % 0 % 87 %( 1 )
4310000PHORONIDA 35   (100%) 28 % 0 % 8 % 62 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 756   (100%) 39 % 8 % 23 % 28 %( 6 )
4330000HEMICHORDATA 11   (100%) 54 % 0 % 0 % 45 %( 1 )
4332500   Enteropneusta 11   (100%) 54 % 0 % 0 % 45 %( 1 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 157   (100%) 33 % 12 % 7 % 47 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 634   (100%) 38 % 10 % 20 % 31 %( 12 )
4355000   Thaliacea 471   (100%) 37 % 11 % 17 % 33 %( 8 )
4355010   Doliolids 355   (100%) 33 % 13 % 17 % 35 %( 3 )
4355050   Salps 250   (100%) 39 % 14 % 12 % 33 %( 3 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 546   (100%) 38 % 11 % 17 % 32 %( 3 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 68   (100%) 26 % 11 % 20 % 41 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 68   (100%) 26 % 11 % 20 % 41 %( 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) 1012   (100%) 6 % 0 % 49 % 43 % ( 276 )
2040000Foraminifera 2   (100%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 995   (100%) 6 % 0 % 50 % 42 %( 114 )
2100000Coccolithophores 966   (100%) 6 % 0 % 51 % 42 %( 64 )
2110000Cryptomonads 320   (100%) 13 % 0 % 56 % 30 %( 1 )
2120000Euglenoids* 9   (100%) 0 % 0 % 88 % 11 %( 3 )
2130000Chrysomonads 90   (100%) 8 % 0 % 35 % 55 %( 10 )
2160000Diatoms 737   (100%) 8 % 0 % 56 % 35 %( 69 )
2280000Chlorophyta 112   (100%) 6 % 0 % 67 % 25 %( 11 )
1000000ALL BACTERIA (TOTAL) 284   (100%) 0 % 0 % 34 % 65 % ( 4 )
1050000Cyanobacteria 284   (100%) 0 % 0 % 34 % 65 %( 4 )
"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) 109   (100%) 26 % 24 % 1 % 46 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   Pelagic Ecosystems of the Tropical Atlantic NMFS-COPEPOD
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