Table 1. Multitracers foraminiferal species fluxes: September 1987 to September 1988 in units of Shells/m2/day. Nearshore samples Annual Midway samples Annual Gyre samples Annual 1 2 3 4 5 6 average 7 8 9 10 11 12 average 13 14 15 16 17 18 average Date opened: 22-Sep 25-Oct 24-Dec 22-Feb 22-Apr 21-Jun 28-Sep 25-Oct 24-Dec 22-Feb 22-Apr 21-Jun 25-Sep 25-Oct 24-Dec 22-Feb 22-Apr 21-Jun Date closed: 25-Oct 24-Dec 22-Feb 22-Apr 21-Jun 16-Sep 25-Oct 24-Dec 22-Feb 22-Apr 21-Jun 14-Sep 25-Oct 24-Dec 22-Feb 22-Apr 21-Jun 23-Sep Days per sample: 33 60 60 60 60 87 27 60 60 60 60 85 30 60 60 60 60 94 (a) > 150 um size fraction O. universa 4 9 11 0 4 6 6 38 17 9 0 0 11 13 64 81 5 17 1 27 33 G. ruber 0 4 4 0 0 27 6 10 13 6 0 0 0 5 7 60 1 0 0 1 12 G. calida 0 2 4 0 16 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 7 2 6 1 13 6 G. bulloides 8 30 13 0 5 260 53 0 4 86 41 2 5 23 0 2 8 51 0 5 11 G. falconensis 4 0 2 0 2 655 111 0 11 15 11 2 6 8 0 0 1 28 0 3 5 G. digtata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 T. humilis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 2 G. quinqueloba 8 0 24 0 25 0 10 14 11 9 6 0 14 9 0 0 0 6 0 11 9 N. pachyderma (L) 43 53 135 2 72 566 145 0 2 21 21 4 17 11 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 N. pachyderma (R) 47 197 188 6 14 27 80 5 47 77 56 2 12 33 2 2 4 21 0 7 6 N. dutertrei 16 47 15 0 1 3 14 0 6 36 6 2 9 10 0 4 1 4 0 10 3 G. hexagona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 G. inflata 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 G. crassaformis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 P-D Intergrade 16 0 41 0 3 239 50 0 6 17 17 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 G. scitida 35 0 2 2 6 0 8 10 0 0 47 0 11 11 0 0 0 11 1 1 2 G. glutinata 4 11 19 0 6 0 6 0 9 19 26 0 0 9 2 4 0 28 0 4 6 G. iota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 G. bradvi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Total 185 353 460 10 154 1783 491 77 26 297 235 12 85 139 79 162 24 185 5 93 91 (b) 125-150 um size fraction 0. universa 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 G. ruber 0 2 13 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 G. calida 0 0 75 0 50 0 21 0 9 15 38 0 3 11 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 G. bulloides 27 9 58 0 5 21 20 0 0 90 11 2 3 18 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 G. faIconensis 0 6 21 0 0 19 8 0 0 11 26 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G. rubescens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 T. humilis 0 0 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 9 1 6 26 9 18 12 G. quinqueloba 19 11 419 2 53 1 84 0 62 71 165 11 8 53 2 2 0 6 3 20 6 N. pachyderma (L) 35 38 216 2 25 99 69 0 9 41 34 2 5 15 0 0 0 4 3 0 1 N. pachyderma (R) 19 38 38 0 18 3 19 5 6 77 30 0 3 20 2 2 0 4 1 0 2 N. dutertrei 47 15 88 2 5 0 26 5 0 66 41 4 5 20 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 G. hexagona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 P- D Intergrade 12 6 43 0 5 12 13 5 0 0 17 0 3 4 0 0 0 4 0 4 1 G. scitida 16 4 11 0 4 0 6 10 0 4 41 2 2 10 2 0 1 2 2 3 2 G. glutinata 4 11 75 4 6 0 17 0 6 51 49 2 2 18 2 5 2 28 3 18 10 G. iota 0 0 0 0 9 0 2 0 0 0 28 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 G. bradyi 0 0 0 0 14 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Total 179 140 1059 10 198 155 290 25 92 428 482 25 34 177 19 17 11 94 22 66 38