Dataset: EcoMon plankton counts (10-m2) from Bongo tows, including MARMAP data from multiple cruises in the Northeast Continental Shelf of the United States from 1977-2015 (EcoMon Zooplankton project)

Notes:

1. Values are the number of organisms beneath 10 m^2 of sea surface.
2. Taxa were selected based on time series mean abundance > 100 per 100 m^3 and occurrence in greater than 5% of samples.
3. Number of stations between the 100 m^3 and 10 m^2 datasets may be different because the number of larvae under 10 m^2 was not calculated at stations where the net was greater than 5-m off the bottom.

Date: 26 January 2011:
As of July 30, 2010 we have attempted to replace the taxonomic abbreviations with the actual names in the displayed data. The original abbreviations are shown below for historical purposes.

List of taxonomic abbreviations and MARMAP codes:

COLUMN NAME	TAXANOMIC NAME		MARMAP TAXONOMIC CODE(S)
ctyp		Centropages typicus	103
calfin		Calanus finmarchicus	101
pseudo		Pseudocalanus spp.	102 and 4128
penilia		Penilia avirostris	611 and 613
tlong		Temora longicornis	104
cham		Centropages hamatus	109
echino		Echinodermata		1500-1599
append		Appendicularia		700-799
para		Paracalanus parvus	135
gas		Gastropoda		300-399, 1100-1199, 
                                        3300-3399
acarspp		Acartia spp.		4027
mlucens		Metridia lucens		105
evadnespp	Evadne spp.		605
salps		Salpa			3400-3499
oithspp		Oithona spp.		138
cirr		Cirripedia		2100-2199
chaeto		Chaetognatha		200-299
hyper		Hyperiidea		400-499, 800-849, 
                                        4600-4699
gam		Gammaridea		870-899, 4400-4499
evadnord	Evadne nordmanni	607
coe		Coelenterata		1200-1299, 1800-
                                        1899, 2300-2399
calminor	Calanus minor		143
copepoda	Copepoda		100
clauso		Clausocalanus arcuicornis	157
dec		Decapoda		500-599, 1000-
                                        1099,3100-3299
euph		Euphausiacea		2000-2099
prot		Protozoa		3900-3999
acarlong	Acartia longiremis	107
euc		Eucalanus spp.		180
pel		Pelecypoda		1300-1399
poly		Polychaeta		2500-2599
podon		Podon spp.		601
fish		Pisces			3500
bry		Bryozoa			900-949
fur		Clausocalanus furcatus 	4064
calspp		Calanus spp.		178
oncaea		Oncaea spp.		191
cory		Corycaeidae		4045
ost		Ostracoda		3600-3699
tstyl		Temora stylifera	153
oithspin	Oithona spinirostris	114
mysids		Mysidacea		2800-2899
temspp		Temora spp.		4059
tort		Tortanus discaudatus	108
paraspp		Paracalanus spp.	4118

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