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Table 1 Average, maximum and minimum values of abundance for the most abundant taxa

From: Zooplankton vertical distribution and migration off Central Peru in relation to the oxygen minimum layer

 

Avg. (ind. m−3)

Max (ind. m−3)

Min (ind. m−3)

Acartia tonsa adults

279.3

4393.7

0.3

A. tonsa copepodids

2.6

16.7

0.0

A. tonsa nauplii

2.8

25.6

0.1

Calanus sp.

1.0

4.4

0.2

Calanus copepodids

4.3

12.4

0.2

Centropages brachiatus

38.1

413.0

0.1

Eucalanus inermis

24.1

502.7

0.2

E. nauplii

18.9

326.7

0.1

Coryceus dubius

2.0

7.7

0.3

Paracalanus parvus

15.3

167.6

0.1

Hemicyclops thalassius

2.4

34.5

0.2

Oithona sp.

2.0

6.7

0.1

Oncaea venusta

6.6

49.1

0.0

Discinisca lamellosa larvae

24.4

253.3

0.1

Limacina sp. larvae

1.1

4.8

0.1

Magelona sp. larvae

32.2

323.1

0.1

Oikopleura sp.

10.1

250.5

0.1

Pleopis polyphemoides

1.3

1.3

1.3