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 | | Data from an 8 h transect across the Great South Channel (GSC) were analyzed on a continuum of spatial scales from coarse-scale (100 km) to micro-scale (mm). |
 | | Abundance was determined for 12 taxonomic groups including: invertebrate larvae (ophiopluteus larvae, anthozoa larvae: Cerianthus sp.), hydroids, copepods (Calanus sp., Pseudocalanus sp.), pteropods (Limacina retroversa, Clione sp.), ctenophores (Mnemiopsis sp., Pleurobrachia sp.), larvacea (Oikopleura sp.), chaetognatha (Sagitta sp.), and diatom colonies (Chaetoceros socialis). |
 | | On occasion, veliger larvae of Limacina retroversa were found in spawning patches at concentrations exceeding 600/ml within a few centimeters of the air-sea interface. |
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