Table 1. Percent abundances of the coccolithophores in the California Bight samples analysed using SEM. Samples used as training sets are in italics.
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Samples
| E. huxleyi % | G. oceanica % | U. sibogae % | R. longistylis % | * Syracos. spp. | SST
 C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/11/91 | 70.21 | 1.06 | 0 | 7.45 | 0 | 18.73 |
| 12/16/91 | 47.12 | 0.52 | 0 | 0 | 2.61 | 14.34 |
| 1/29/92 | 36.94 | 2.24 | 4.85 | 23.13 | 6.34 | 14.99 |
| 3/16/92 | 77.63 | 1.97 | 1.32 | 2.96 | 5.92 | 15.13 |
| 3/23/92 | 59.53 | 4.65 | 2.79 | 4.19 | 5.14 | 15.71 |
| 4/17/92 | 57.77 | 0.49 | 17.96 | 4.85 | 7.78 | 17.9 |
| 5/1/92 | 62.87 | 0 | 7.92 | 0.99 | 6.94 | 18.29 |
| 5/11/92 | 58.94 | 1.45 | 8.21 | 0 | 5.31 | 18.5 |
| 5/15/92 | 40.69 | 0 | 10.39 | 3.03 | 3.04 | 18.44 |
| 6/5/92 | 63.89 | 0.46 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 3.69 | 17.16 |
| 6/12/92 | 63.29 | 0.97 | 1.93 | 3.86 | 3.87 | 18.18 |
| 7/2/92 | 43.48 | 2.17 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 | 17.89 |
| 7/10/92 | 80.21 | 2.08 | 2.08 | 0 | 2.08 | 19.93 |
| 7/20/92 | 62.5 | 3.29 | 9.21 | 0 | 1.32 | 21.33 |
*Syracosphaera spp. consists of: S. anthos, S. binodata, S. corolla, S. corrugis, S. epigrosa, S. histrica, S. nana, S. nodosa. S. orbiculos, S. pirus, S. prolongata, S. pulchra, S. rotula, S. sp. 1, S. sp.2.