Table 3.— A) The recommended geometric mean regressions for interconversion between displacement volume (DV) and dry 

 weight (DW) in the Southern New England area; and B) the relative abundance of the major taxa (>1%) associated with the par- 

 ticular equation, expressed as percent of total numbers. Cope pods are broken down into major species (>1%) with their abundance 

 expressed as percent of total copepod numbers (in parentheses). Zooplankton data from Sherman et al. (1978, 1979). 



Season 



Late winter 

 Early spring 

 Midspring 

 Late spring 

 Early summer 

 Midsummer 

 Midautumn 

 Late autumn 



Regression equation 



Variance 

 of slope 



Log (DW) = -0.795 + 0.725 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1 079 + 0.963 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1.103 + 0.929 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1.663 + 1.312 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1 939 + 1.541 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1.795 + 1.379 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1.190 + 0.976 Log (DV) 

 Log (DW) = -1.251 + 1.109 Log (DV) 



21 

 27 

 55 

 30 

 30 

 53 

 27 

 30 



Late winter 



B 



Early spring 



Midspring 



Copepoda 88.6 



P. minutus (87.8) 



C. finmarchicus ( 6.2) 

 C. typicus ( 3.0) 



Chaetognatha 8.6 



Copepoda 



P. minutus 



C. finmarchicus 



T. longicornus 



C. typicus 

 Cirri pedia 



88.2 



96 



(75.1) 

 ( 8.5) 

 ( 6.2) 

 ( 5.4) 



Copepoda 91.5 



C. finmarchicus (55.3) 

 P. minutus (28.8) 



M. lucens ( 3.0) 



A. longiremus ( 1 9) 



C. typicus ( 1.3) 



Chaetognatha 42 



Cladocera 14 



Copepoda 88 4 



P. minutus (44 3) 



C. finmarchicus (37.2) 

 T. longicornus (117) 



M. lucens ( 2.3) 



Chaetognatha 6.3 



Cladocera 3.0 



Early summer 



Midsummer 



Midautumn 



Late autumn 

 91.8 



Copepoda 

 C. typicus 

 P. parvus 

 P. minutus 



Chaetognatha 



5.5 



(60.6) 

 (15.3) 

 (11.0) 



Table 4.— A) The recommended geometric mean regressions for interconversion between displacement volume (DV) and dry 

 weight (DW) in the Georges Bank area; and B) the relative abundance of the major taxa (>1%) associated with the particular equa- 

 tion, expressed as percent of total numbers. Copepods are broken down into major species (>1%) with their abundance expressed 

 as percent of total copepod numbers (in parentheses). Zooplankton data from Sherman et al. (1978, 1979). 



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