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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) 1895   ( 99%) 23 % 29 % 26 % 20 %  
-401   Total Displacement Volume 1287   ( 98%) 16 % 28 % 32 % 23 %  
-402   Total Settled Volume 608   (100%) 37 % 32 % 14 % 14 %  
"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) 2720   ( 87%) 23 % 27 % 26 % 21 % ( 118 )
4020000PORIFERA 3   ( 33%) 33 % 0 % 66 % 0 %( 1 )
4030000CNIDARIA 2091   ( 89%) 23 % 28 % 25 % 21 %( 12 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 1979   ( 87%) 23 % 28 % 25 % 22 %( 3 )
4036000   Scyphozoa 133   ( 89%) 23 % 31 % 30 % 15 %( 2 )
4038000   Anthozoa 175   ( 95%) 18 % 32 % 38 % 10 %( 5 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 79   ( 71%) 13 % 35 % 27 % 22 %( 1 )
4050000PLATYHELMINTHES 8   ( 83%) 37 % 12 % 25 % 25 %( 2 )
4090000NERMERTEA 43   ( 96%) 25 % 25 % 25 % 23 %( 1 )
4100000NEMATODA 22   ( 96%) 9 % 59 % 18 % 13 %( 1 )
4180000ENTOPROCTOCA 1   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4190000Chelicerates 2   ( 80%) 0 % 50 % 0 % 50 %( 2 )
4192500   -- unknown PGC -- 2   ( 75%) 0 % 50 % 0 % 50 %( 2 )
4192550   -- unknown PGC -- 1   (100%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4192570   -- unknown PGC -- 1   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 0 % 100 %( 1 )
4200000Marine Insects 5   (100%) 20 % 40 % 40 % 0 %( 1 )
4205000   -- unknown PGC -- 5   (100%) 20 % 40 % 40 % 0 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 2688   ( 86%) 23 % 28 % 26 % 22 %( 63 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 64   ( 71%) 25 % 6 % 21 % 46 %( 1 )
4210020   Cumacea 1   (100%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4210040   Stomatopoda 6   ( 50%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 1835   ( 88%) 23 % 25 % 29 % 22 %( 2 )
4212000   Copepods 2631   ( 84%) 23 % 28 % 25 % 22 %( 30 )
4212010   Calanoida 14   ( 75%) 78 % 0 % 0 % 21 %( 24 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 2   ( 66%) 50 % 0 % 0 % 50 %( 1 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 11   ( 85%) 72 % 0 % 9 % 18 %( 2 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 458   ( 82%) 17 % 25 % 26 % 29 %( 2 )
4214000   Mysidacea 159   ( 91%) 22 % 18 % 30 % 28 %( 2 )
4216000   Isopods 523   ( 94%) 18 % 26 % 35 % 18 %( 3 )
4217000   Amphipods 1825   ( 84%) 23 % 28 % 25 % 21 %( 5 )
4217025   Gammaridea 1   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 19   ( 64%) 42 % 15 % 21 % 21 %( 3 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 2161   ( 85%) 24 % 29 % 25 % 20 %( 1 )
4219000   Decapoda 324   ( 81%) 19 % 14 % 22 % 43 %( 14 )
4220000ANNELIDA 1973   ( 92%) 25 % 29 % 23 % 21 %( 4 )
4225000   Polychaetes 1973   ( 89%) 25 % 29 % 23 % 21 %( 4 )
4230000SIPUNCULA 51   ( 71%) 7 % 13 % 43 % 35 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 2289   ( 85%) 23 % 29 % 25 % 21 %( 12 )
4262500   Gastropoda 2279   ( 82%) 23 % 29 % 25 % 21 %( 9 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 62   ( 58%) 17 % 4 % 40 % 37 %( 1 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 127   ( 83%) 12 % 11 % 36 % 40 %( 2 )
4267550   Squid 1   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 50   ( 71%) 10 % 18 % 26 % 46 %( 1 )
4300000BRACHIOPODA 8   ( 88%) 50 % 25 % 0 % 25 %( 2 )
4310000PHORONIDA 5   ( 83%) 20 % 40 % 20 % 20 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 2466   ( 86%) 22 % 28 % 27 % 21 %( 1 )
4330000HEMICHORDATA 13   (100%) 7 % 0 % 46 % 46 %( 1 )
4332500   Enteropneusta 13   (100%) 7 % 0 % 46 % 46 %( 1 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 77   ( 73%) 28 % 10 % 31 % 29 %( 2 )
4344000   Ophiuroidea 2   ( 0%) 0 % 0 % 50 % 50 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 1840   ( 88%) 26 % 29 % 23 % 20 %( 6 )
4352500   Ascidiacea 1   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4355000   Thaliacea 872   ( 87%) 26 % 32 % 21 % 19 %( 4 )
4355010   Doliolids 267   ( 82%) 14 % 26 % 22 % 36 %( 1 )
4355050   Salps 281   ( 83%) 23 % 44 % 20 % 11 %( 1 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 1577   ( 84%) 25 % 29 % 23 % 21 %( 1 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 8   (100%) 0 % 0 % 50 % 50 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 8   (100%) 0 % 0 % 50 % 50 %( 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) 2299   ( 87%) 22 % 28 % 25 % 23 % ( 13 )
2040000Foraminifera 1883   ( 84%) 22 % 26 % 24 % 26 %( 1 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 101   ( 78%) 4 % 17 % 53 % 23 %( 2 )
2080000Ciliates 35   ( 81%) 20 % 57 % 14 % 8 %( 1 )
2160000Diatoms 81   ( 58%) 14 % 43 % 34 % 7 %( 5 )
2270000Actinopoda 1704   ( 88%) 22 % 27 % 26 % 22 %( 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) 1197   ( 77%) 18 % 29 % 31 % 21 % ( 10 )
Sub-Collection:   R/V ELTANIN NMFS-COPEPOD
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