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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) 432   (100%) 38 % 61 % 0 % 0 %  
-403   Total Wet Mass 432   (100%) 38 % 61 % 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) 171   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 % ( 241 )
4030000CNIDARIA 121   (100%) 84 % 15 % 0 % 0 %( 2 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 121   (100%) 84 % 15 % 0 % 0 %( 2 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 168   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 %( 229 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 49   (100%) 85 % 14 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 143   (100%) 75 % 24 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 168   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 %( 221 )
4212010   Calanoida 168   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 %( 139 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 159   (100%) 76 % 23 % 0 % 0 %( 14 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 168   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 %( 66 )
4214000   Mysidacea 48   (100%) 83 % 16 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4216000   Isopods 4   (100%) 75 % 25 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 111   (100%) 83 % 16 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 127   (100%) 86 % 13 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4219000   Decapoda 109   (100%) 72 % 27 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4220000ANNELIDA 130   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4225000   Polychaetes 130   (100%) 77 % 22 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 68   (100%) 91 % 8 % 0 % 0 %( 2 )
4262500   Gastropoda 68   (100%) 91 % 8 % 0 % 0 %( 2 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 3   (100%) 66 % 33 % 0 % 0 %( 2 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 157   (100%) 79 % 20 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 119   (100%) 76 % 23 % 0 % 0 %( 3 )
4355000   Thaliacea 66   (100%) 80 % 19 % 0 % 0 %( 2 )
4355010   Doliolids 54   (100%) 92 % 7 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4355050   Salps 24   (100%) 50 % 50 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 116   (100%) 75 % 24 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 23   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 23   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 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) 679   (100%) 46 % 38 % 12 % 1 % ( 523 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 679   (100%) 46 % 38 % 12 % 1 %( 250 )
2100000Coccolithophores 634   (100%) 47 % 38 % 12 % 1 %( 87 )
2110000Cryptomonads 31   (100%) 35 % 48 % 12 % 3 %( 1 )
2130000Chrysomonads 140   (100%) 32 % 50 % 11 % 5 %( 10 )
2160000Diatoms 670   (100%) 46 % 38 % 12 % 1 %( 169 )
2280000Chlorophyta 60   (100%) 38 % 41 % 20 % 0 %( 5 )
1000000ALL BACTERIA (TOTAL) 169   (100%) 58 % 28 % 12 % 0 % ( 4 )
1050000Cyanobacteria 169   (100%) 58 % 28 % 12 % 0 %( 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) 56   (100%) 92 % 7 % 0 % 0 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   Pelagic Ecosystems of the Indian Ocean NMFS-COPEPOD
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