Zooplankton Biomass

An estimate of total mesozooplankton biomass per sample has been calculated from the abundance data by multiplying the abundance of each taxon by its taxon-specific dry weight, and summing these values for each sample. The dry weight values were derived from empirical measurements of individual organism's length and dry weight or, if measurements were not available for a particular taxon, dry weights were calculated from the published length of the organism and the empirical length to weight ratio for the closest taxonomically available organism.

Acknowledgment to be used in any reports/publications (but please check prior to final publication for amendments):
Pacific CPR data collection is supported by a consortium for the North Pacific CPR survey coordinated by the North Pacific Marine Science Organisation (PICES) and comprising the North Pacific Research Board (NPRB), Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council (EVOS TC), Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the the Marine Biological Association of the UK (MBA).

Please send a copy of any publications/reports arising from the use of Pacific CPR data to Co-ordinator Pacific CPR Survey, Clare Ostle, claost@mba.ac.uk

AKsh = Alaskan Shelf AleutSh = Aleutian Shelf CoastBC = Coastal British Columbia CookIn = Cook Inlet NEJap = North East Japan Shelf NGoA = Northen Gulf of Alaska Offshore BC = Offshore British Columbia SouthBerSea = Southern Bering Sea WGoA = Western Gulf of Alaska WNPacific = Western North Pacific