Paper 20 



CONTINUOUS PLANKTON RECORDS: ZOOPLANKTON AND 

 NET PHYTOPLANKTON IN THE MID-ATLANTIC BIGHT, 1976 



Daniel E. Smith and Jack W. Jossi 



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SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND VARIATIONS OF 

 ZOOPLANKTON AND NET PHYTOPLANKTON 



The CPR routes are shown in Figure 20.1. Shelf Water plankton 



data for the New York and Chesapeake eights are shown in 



Figures 20.2/ 20.4/ and 20.6. Slope Water plankton data for 

 these areas dr^ shown in Figures 20.3/ 20.5/ and 20.7. 



Because a major objective of these surveys is to describe 



long-term cyces/ means/ and trends/ it was felt appropriate to 



present the data on an annual basis rather than wait until 



detailed analysis is feasible. As a result/ the data are 



'MARMAF Field Group/ National Marine Fisheries Service/ NOAA/ 

 Nar ragnasett / RI 02882. Present address: Atlantic Environmental 

 Group/ National Marine Fisheries Service/ NOAA/ Na r r aganset t / RI 

 02882. 



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