Ichthyoplankton and Station Data for Surface Tows Taken during the 1988 EasternTropical Pacific Dolphin Survey on the Research Vessels DAVID STARR JORDAN and McARTHUR

摘要

This report provides ichthyoplankton, juvenile/adult fish, and associated stationand tow data from the surface plankton samples collected during the 1988 Southwest Fisheries Science Center eastern tropical Pacific dolphin survey. It is the first in a series of reports that presents these data for all SWFSC ETP dolphin surveys from 1987 to the present. In total, 149 stations were sampled with Manta nets between 28 July and 6 December, 1988 during which two research vessels surveyed within an area extending from about 22 deg N to 12 deg S, and from the Gulf of Panama westward to about 148 deg W. The data are presented in six tables, and distributions of the 20 most frequently occurring larval fish taxa are shown in a series of figures. The background, methodology, and necessary interpretive information are given in an accompanying text.