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Akule and 'Opelu Larval Data from Plankton Tows Conducted off the Kona Coast in West Hawai'i between 1997 and 2018 (NCEI Accession 0277846)

Published by NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: January 29, 2026 | Last Modified: 2023-05-12T00:00:00.000+00:00
The data described here includes the analysis of plankton samples for the presence and size of akule and 'opelu larvae, as well as the tow metadata of samples including tow type, mesh size, and distance from shore. This data was collected as a part of Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Ecosystem Sciences Division (ESD)'s West Hawai'i Ichthyoplankton Time Series Project. This data was produced from analysis of plankton samples collected off the Kona Coast of Hawai'i from 1997 throughout 2018 by NOAA ships and small boats. Ichthyoplankton samples were collected by 6 ft. Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawls and 1m ring-nets towing aside the ships/boats. Neuston and vertical tows were conducted from 2016-2018 to better assess the vertical distribution of larvae in the top 10m.

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0277846 ANIMALS - INDIVIDUAL - COUNTS DEPTH - BOTTOM ICHTHYOPLANKTON IDENTITY ICHTHYOPLANKTON LENGTH GPS microscope net - plankton net visual observation biological discrete sample laboratory analyses plankton profile survey time series tows - plankton tows NOAA Ship Oscar Elton Sette NOAA Ship Townsend Cromwell NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Ecosystem Sciences Division NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center CORAL REEF STUDIES Coastal Waters of Hawaii Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary North Pacific Ocean oceanography ESD Ecosystem Sciences Division PIFSC Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center DOC/NOAA/NMFS > National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce DOC/NOAA/NMFS/PIFSC/ESD > Ecosystem Sciences Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce West Hawai'i Ichthyoplankton Time Series Project Geographic Information > Ecological Characterization Numeric Data Sets > Biology EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Coastal Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Aquatic Habitat > Water Column Habitat EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Plankton EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Plankton > Fish Eggs and Larvae EARTH SCIENCE > Biosphere > Microbiota > Plankton > Nueston EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Bathymetry/Seafloor Topography > Water Depth EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > PROTISTS > PLANKTON EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > BATHYMETRY/SEAFLOOR TOPOGRAPHY > WATER DEPTH Decapterus macarellus Habitat-Slicks Selar crumenophthalmus distance to shore GPS RECEIVERS > GPS RECEIVERS MICROSCOPES > MICROSCOPES PLANKTON NETS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS > VISUAL OBSERVATIONS computer Ships OSCAR ELTON SETTE (call sign: WTEE, ICES code: 33OC, 2003-) TOWNSEND CROMWELL (ICES code: 31TC) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaii > Hawaii > Kona Coast (19N155W0002) COUNTRY/TERRITORY > United States of America > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands (21N157W0027) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii > Hawaii (21N160W0000) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Hawaii Island (19N155W0003) OCEAN BASIN > Pacific Ocean > Central Pacific Ocean > Hawaiian Islands > Hawaii Island > Kona Coast (19N155W0002) OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > CENTRAL PACIFIC OCEAN > HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 842T8H

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