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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) 77   (100%) 63 % 36 % 0 % 0 %  
-403   Total Wet Mass 77   (100%) 63 % 36 % 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) 77   (100%) 63 % 36 % 0 % 0 % ( 35 )
4210000CRUSTACEANS 77   (100%) 63 % 36 % 0 % 0 %( 30 )
4211000   Ostracods 3   (100%) 66 % 33 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4212000   Copepods 76   (100%) 63 % 36 % 0 % 0 %( 27 )
4212010   Calanoida 71   (100%) 60 % 39 % 0 % 0 %( 19 )
4212030   Harpacticoida 44   (100%) 40 % 59 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4212040   Cyclopoida 72   (100%) 62 % 37 % 0 % 0 %( 6 )
4217000   Amphipods 26   (100%) 42 % 57 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4217050   Hyperiidea 26   (100%) 42 % 57 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4218000   Euphausiacea 46   (100%) 52 % 47 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4220000ANNELIDA 17   (100%) 76 % 23 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4225000   Polychaetes 17   (100%) 76 % 23 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4260000MOLLUSCA 18   (100%) 33 % 66 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4262500   Gastropoda 18   (100%) 33 % 66 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4320000CHAETOGNATHA 6   (100%) 33 % 66 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4350000TUNICATES 11   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4355000   Thaliacea 11   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
4355050   Salps 11   (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) 97   (100%) 0 % 94 % 5 % 0 % ( 74 )
2070000Dinoflagellates 60   (100%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 25 )
2100000Coccolithophores 79   (100%) 0 % 98 % 1 % 0 %( 3 )
2110000Cryptomonads 5   (100%) 0 % 100 % 0 % 0 %( 1 )
2130000Chrysomonads 20   (100%) 0 % 90 % 10 % 0 %( 1 )
2160000Diatoms 77   (100%) 0 % 93 % 6 % 0 %( 43 )
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) 2   (100%) 100 % 0 % 0 % 0 % ( 1 )
Sub-Collection:   AtlantNIRO plankton NMFS-COPEPOD
https://www.st.nmfs.noaa.gov/copepod
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