November

Sea surface temperature recordings vary between 15°C. and 16.5°C. Between l00cc and 200cc of plankton is produced by an average tow in this month. The bulk of this volume is made up with Obelia geniculata, Pleurobrachia pileus, Octophialucium funerarium, and Phialella quadrata. Crustacean larvae are still very abundant, but these comprise less than one-third of the volume of plankton. Decapod Crustacea are represented by the larvae of up to 45 species, with Petrolisthes novaezelandiae, Callianassa filholi and Halicarcinus spp. the most abundant.