Thaliacean distribution and abundance in the northern part of the Levantine Sea (Crete and Cyprus) during the eastern Mediterranean climatic transient, and a comparison with the western Mediterranean basin

Table 1 Standing stocks (means and standard deviation) of thaliaceans (ind./m²) at site A, SE off Crete

Taxon	Standing stock	%	N	PS	PG	PZ	GZ	Ooz	Larvae
Dolioletta gegenbauri	8.2 ± 13.9	8.5	2.7			0.1	<0.1	2.6	2.9
Doliolina krohni ^a	0.9	0.9	<0.1				0.8
Doliolina muelleri	12.1 ± 7.2	12.6	11.2				0.1	0.8
Doliolina muelleri/D. krohni ^a	7.2	7.5	1.6				1.4	3.7	0.6
Doliolinetta intermedia	0.6 ± 1.0	0.6	0.5			0.2
Doliolum denticulatum ^a	0.2	0.2					<0.1	0.2
Doliolum nationalis	67.2 ± 69.0	69.7				67.2
Doliolida, total	96.4	89.5	16.0			67.5	2.3	7.3	3.5
Helicosalpa virgula ^a	<0.1				<0.1
Salpa fusiformis	0.6 ± 0.6	5.3		0.2	0.5
Thalia democratica	3.0 ± 5.0	26.5		1.0	2.1
Thalia orientalis	6.2 ± 6.1	54.9		1.9	4.3
Unidentified	1.5	13.2
Salpida, total	11.3	10.5		3.1	6.9
Pyrosoma atlanticum ^a	<0.1
Pyrosomata, total	<0.1
Total standing stock	107.7 ± 102.9	100.0	16.0	3.1	6.9	67.4	2.4	7.3	3.4
Zooplankton standing stock	73,931.0

Percentages refer to the nearest higher-ranking unit. Total zooplankton standing stock from Weikert et al. 2001
N nurses, PS proles solitaria, PG proles gregata, PZ phorozooids, GZ gonozooids, Ooz oozooids
^aErratic or singular findings

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