Ichthyoplankton and Station Data for Surface (Manta) and Oblique (Bongo) Plankton Tows Taken during a Survey in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, July 28-December 9, 1999

摘要

This report provides ichthyoplankton, juvenile/adult fish, and associated station and two data from surface and water column plankton samples collected during the 1999 Southwest Fisheries Science Center Stenella Abundance Research Project (STAR99) survey to the eastern tropical Pacific. It is the seventh in a series of reports that presents these data for all Southwest Fisheries Science Center marine mammal surveys in the eastern tropical Pacific from 1987 to the present. In total, 196 Manta net tows and 69 bongo net tows were taken between 28 July and 9 December, 1999, during which two research vessels surveyed within an area from approximately 30 degrees S latitude, and from the Gulf of Panama westward to about 153 degrees W. The data are presented in 11 tables, and distributions of the 20 most frequently occurring larval fish taxa from each net type are shown in a series of figures. The background, methodology, and necessary interpretative information are given in an accompany text.