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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) 1539   (100%) 22 % 32 % 0 % 45 %  
-402   Total Settled Volume 1539   (100%) 22 % 32 % 0 % 45 %  
"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) 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 % ( 36 )
4020000PORIFERA 26   ( 68%) 69 % 0 % 0 % 30 %( 1 )
4030000CNIDARIA 178   ( 98%) 67 % 0 % 0 % 32 %( 5 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 162   ( 98%) 68 % 0 % 0 % 31 %( 3 )
4038000   Anthozoa 1   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 13   (100%) 46 % 0 % 0 % 53 %( 2 )
4050000PLATYHELMINTHES 26   (100%) 53 % 0 % 0 % 46 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 7 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 11   ( 92%) 18 % 0 % 0 % 81 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 77   ( 98%) 77 % 0 % 0 % 22 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 192   ( 99%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 2 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 1   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4213000   Cirripedia (barnacles) 3   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 57   ( 98%) 52 % 0 % 0 % 47 %( 1 )
4220000ANNELIDA 188   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 3 )
4225000   Polychaetes 188   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 3 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 3 )
4262500   Gastropoda 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 2 )
4265000   Bilvalvia 54   (100%) 59 % 0 % 0 % 40 %( 1 )
4290000BRYOZOA (ECTOPROCTA) 18   (100%) 72 % 0 % 0 % 27 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 186   ( 99%) 65 % 0 % 0 % 34 %( 3 )
4330000HEMICHORDATA 43   ( 88%) 69 % 0 % 0 % 30 %( 1 )
4332500   Enteropneusta 43   ( 88%) 69 % 0 % 0 % 30 %( 1 )
4340000ECHINODERMATA 97   ( 98%) 71 % 0 % 0 % 28 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 192   ( 99%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 6 )
4352500   Ascidiacea 13   (100%) 76 % 0 % 0 % 23 %( 1 )
4355000   Thaliacea 74   ( 98%) 47 % 0 % 0 % 52 %( 3 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 192   ( 99%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 2 )
4360000-- unknown PGC -- 7   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4369000   -- unknown PGC -- 7   (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) 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 % ( 5 )
2040000Foraminifera 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 1 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 192   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 1 )
2080000Ciliates 168   ( 98%) 64 % 0 % 0 % 35 %( 1 )
2160000Diatoms 170   ( 97%) 61 % 0 % 0 % 38 %( 1 )
2270000Actinopoda 162   ( 99%) 75 % 0 % 0 % 24 %( 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) 104   ( 96%) 71 % 0 % 0 % 28 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   ALMIRANTE SALDANHA Collection NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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