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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) 1637   ( 99%) 47 % 37 % 6 % 8 %  
-402   Total Settled Volume 496   (100%) 30 % 19 % 22 % 27 %  
-403   Total Wet Mass 1237   ( 99%) 56 % 42 % 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) 897   ( 99%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 25 % ( 29 )
4030000CNIDARIA 841   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 3 )
4032000   Hydrozoa 841   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 2 )
4040000CTENOPHORA 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4090000NERMERTEA 1   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4100000NEMATODA 734   (100%) 20 % 25 % 25 % 28 %( 1 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 897   (100%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 25 %( 14 )
4210010   Branchiopoda 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4210020   Cumacea 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4211000   Ostracods 784   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 897   (100%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 25 %( 4 )
4212010   Calanoida 682   (100%) 20 % 25 % 25 % 27 %( 1 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 682   (100%) 20 % 25 % 25 % 27 %( 1 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 682   (100%) 20 % 25 % 25 % 27 %( 1 )
4214000   Mysidacea 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 2 )
4216000   Isopods 831   (100%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4217000   Amphipods 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 803   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4219000   Decapoda 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4220000ANNELIDA 778   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4225000   Polychaetes 778   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 819   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 3 )
4262500   Gastropoda 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4267500   Cephalopoda 779   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 841   ( 99%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 880   (100%) 28 % 23 % 21 % 25 %( 3 )
4355000   Thaliacea 777   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 2 )
4355050   Salps 339   (100%) 23 % 21 % 25 % 29 %( 1 )
4357500   Larvacea (Appendicularia) 880   (100%) 28 % 23 % 21 % 25 %( 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) 893   (100%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 25 % ( 3 )
2040000Foraminifera 832   (100%) 28 % 23 % 22 % 24 %( 1 )
2080000Ciliates 114   (100%) 24 % 22 % 19 % 33 %( 1 )
2270000Actinopoda 692   (100%) 21 % 25 % 25 % 27 %( 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) 778   (100%) 29 % 23 % 22 % 24 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   JARE NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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