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ICE ISLAND PLANKTON SAMPLES<br />

29 Aug 1986<br />

Species Composition Tow<br />

Jar 1032<br />

Dom<strong>in</strong>ant Species:<br />

73 pm Mesh, 1 m diam. Net<br />

Vertical Tow Depth: *****<br />

Flowmeter: 3503 Revs: 1000<br />

Time: 3 m<strong>in</strong> 53 sec<br />

Large species appear to dom<strong>in</strong>ate <strong>the</strong> biomass, while small species are<br />

.numerically dom<strong>in</strong>ant. In <strong>the</strong> large species, Calanus ~laciali~ <strong>and</strong><br />

Metridia<br />

-<br />

long& are present <strong>and</strong> common, but much less so than Calanus<br />

hyperboreus. Oikopleura <strong>and</strong> C. hyperboreus make up most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

biomass. F~ecial Note: This sam~le conta<strong>in</strong>s numerous small white chi~s.<br />

Adult Females, Copepodite Stage V<br />

Calanus glacialis<br />

Adult Females, Copepodite Stage V<br />

Metridia longa<br />

Adult Females, Copepodite Stage V<br />

Oikopleura vanhoeffeni (Appendicularia)<br />

(78 specimens >20 mm, more <strong>of</strong> smaller size)<br />

Small Species (Most

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