Surface (bucket) and 20-m (Niskin bottle) water samples were taken once at each station for later nutrient and chlorophyll analysis.

One shallow vertical haul (20-m) was made at each station (except three at ABM) with a 50-cm, 243-micron mesh NORPAC net. One deep vertical haul (to 200 m or within 10 m of bottom) was made at ABM and the Icy Point stations with a 57-cm, 202-micron mesh WP-2 net.

One double oblique bongo haul was made at stations along the Icy Strait and Lower Clarence Strait transects and at ABM to a depth of 200 m or within 20 m of the bottom, using a 60-cm diameter tandem frame with 505-micron and 333-micron mesh nets. A VEMCO ML-08-TDR time-depth recorder was used with the oblique bongo hauls to record the maximum sampling depth of each haul. General Oceanics model 2031 or Rigosha flow meters were placed inside the bongo and deep conical nets for calculation of filtered water volumes.

Zooplankton sampling: Zooplankton samples were concentrated and preserved in a 5% formalin-seawater solution. Zooplankton settled volumes (ZSV, ml) and total settled volumes (TSV, ml) of each 20-m vertical haul were measured after settling the samples for a 24-hr period in Imhof cones. Displacement volumes (DV, ml) of zooplankton were measured for bongo net samples (333-micron and 505-micron mesh). Samples were brought to a constant volume (500 ml) by adding water, and then were sieved through 243-micron mesh to separate the zooplankton from the liquid. The volume of decanted liquid was measured and subtracted from the sample starting volume to yield zooplankton DV.

Station Codes:

station	locality
ABM	Auke Bay Monitor
CS A-D	Cross Sound
ED A-D	Cape Edward
FPR	False Point Retreat
IP A-D	Icy Point
IS A-D	Icy Strait
LC A-D	Lower Clarence
LFC	Lower Favorite Channel
MC A-D	Middle Clarence
TK G-I	Taku Inlet transect
UC A-D	Upper Chatham Strait