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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) 3581   (100%) 31 % 31 % 17 % 18 %  
-401   Total Displacement Volume 3581   (100%) 31 % 31 % 17 % 18 %  
"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) 619   (100%) 37 % 33 % 17 % 11 % ( 51 )
4030000CNIDARIA 488   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 8 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 486   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 2 )
4036000   Scyphozoa 28   (100%) 35 % 39 % 10 % 14 %( 2 )
4038000   Anthozoa 113   (100%) 45 % 26 % 18 % 9 %( 2 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 72   (100%) 43 % 19 % 19 % 18 %( 1 )
4050000PLATYHELMINTHES 1   (100%) 0 % 0 % 100 % 0 %( 1 )
4090000NERMERTEA 5   (100%) 80 % 0 % 20 % 0 %( 1 )
4100000NEMATODA 2   (100%) 0 % 50 % 0 % 50 %( 1 )
4200000Marine Insects 9   (100%) 22 % 33 % 11 % 33 %( 1 )
4205000   -- unknown PGC -- 9   (100%) 22 % 33 % 11 % 33 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 491   (100%) 37 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 16 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 134   (100%) 35 % 18 % 29 % 15 %( 1 )
4210040   Stomatopoda 72   (100%) 29 % 18 % 26 % 26 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 483   (100%) 36 % 27 % 21 % 15 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 484   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 1 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 232   (100%) 28 % 26 % 23 % 21 %( 1 )
4214000   Mysidacea 282   (100%) 37 % 28 % 18 % 16 %( 1 )
4216000   Isopods 111   (100%) 42 % 29 % 14 % 13 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 484   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 15 %( 3 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 393   (100%) 38 % 28 % 20 % 13 %( 2 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 484   (100%) 36 % 27 % 21 % 15 %( 1 )
4219000   Decapoda 485   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 5 )
4220000ANNELIDA 608   (100%) 37 % 34 % 17 % 11 %( 1 )
4225000   Polychaetes 608   (100%) 37 % 34 % 17 % 11 %( 1 )
4230000SIPUNCULA 54   (100%) 33 % 25 % 24 % 16 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 488   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 6 )
4262500   Gastropoda 488   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 4 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 128   (100%) 25 % 25 % 23 % 26 %( 1 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 367   (100%) 35 % 25 % 22 % 16 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 168   (100%) 28 % 20 % 25 % 25 %( 2 )
4300000BRACHIOPODA 14   (100%) 35 % 7 % 42 % 14 %( 1 )
4310000PHORONIDA 4   (100%) 25 % 0 % 75 % 0 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 482   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 14 %( 1 )
4330000HEMICHORDATA 5   (100%) 40 % 20 % 20 % 20 %( 1 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 297   (100%) 35 % 26 % 20 % 17 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 486   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 15 %( 5 )
4355000   Thaliacea 485   (100%) 36 % 26 % 21 % 15 %( 4 )
4355010   Doliolids 473   (100%) 36 % 27 % 21 % 14 %( 1 )
4355050   Salps 433   (100%) 35 % 27 % 21 % 14 %( 1 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 480   (100%) 36 % 27 % 21 % 15 %( 1 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 9   (100%) 77 % 11 % 11 % 0 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 9   (100%) 77 % 11 % 11 % 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) 473   (100%) 37 % 27 % 21 % 14 % ( 7 )
2040000Foraminifera 438   (100%) 36 % 27 % 21 % 14 %( 1 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 49   (100%) 61 % 38 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
2270000Actinopoda 414   (100%) 36 % 29 % 17 % 15 %( 2 )
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) 485   ( 99%) 36 % 27 % 21 % 15 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   EASTROPAC NMFS-COPEPOD
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