Objective:
1) What is the importance of zooplankton consumption in Florida Bay and how does this vary within the Bay as the salinity and temperature distributions change throughout the seasonal cycle?
2) What is the relative abundance of micro-zooplankton and macrozoplankton and how does this vary within the Bay as the salinity and temperature distributions change throughout the seasonal cycle?
3) What species and types of zooplankton and/or microzooplankton are the primary food of larval and near juvenile fishes?
4) What is the distribution and abundance of the prey of larval fish within the Bay and how does this vary within the Bay as the salinity and temperature distributions change throughout the seasonal cycle?