Download NABATS Zooplankton Data 

(Excel spreadsheets)

• Dry Weight
• Acartia species abundance
• Ctenophores

The copepod Acartia tonsa increased in abundance from 1972 to 1987. This kind of zooplankton is usually in Narragansett Bay during the warmer months (summer into fall). 

Image: collected and identified by Barbara Sullivan, University of Rhode Island