January
February
March
April
May
June
Calanus finmarchicus total copepodids. Monthly mean abundance (1995-1999), [log10(No m-2+1)].
• Absence from the bank in January, but higher numbers in the Gulf of Maine (mostly Go C5).
• Advection of animals onto the NE Peak and along the Southern Flank in February.
• A build-up of the population in April and May and a decline on the bank in June.
• A persistent region of low abundance in the shallow, tidally mixed crest of the bank.