Dataset: fisheggs
Deployment: AL9506

Fish eggs collected in Bongo nets

Principal Investigator:

Dr John Sibunka (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA)

BCO-DMO Data Manager:

Ms Dicky Allison (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI BCO-DMO)

Project:

U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank (GB)

Data URL:

https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset-deployment/449396/data

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Description

Georges Bank Fish Egg Data from Bongo Nets

¹Standard Haul Factor: numerical factor (multiplier) used to standardize catches to be expressed as number caught per 10m² of sea surface area. Most haul factors range from 1 to 10. The Standard Haul Factor has not been applied to the data reported here.

²Stages 6, 7, 8, & 9 are used only for Gadidae eggs.

Any questions, contact:

John Sibunka
National Marine Fisheries Service, NEFC
Sandy Hook Marine Lab.
74 Magruder Road
Highlands, NJ  07732

voice: (732) 872-3064
fax: (732) 872-3088 
John.Sibunka@noaa.gov

updated July 8, 2005, G.Heimerdinger

Methods & Sampling

Dataset acquisition description

Standard Haul Factor: numerical factor (multiplier) used to standardize catches to be expressed as number caught per 10m2 of sea surface area. Most haul factors range from 1 to 10. The Standard Haul Factor has not been applied to the data reported here.

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Data Processing Description

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Funding

Award Number	Funding Source
unknown GB NOAA	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
unknown GB NSF	National Science Foundation

Instruments

Bongo Net

Supplied Name: Bongo Nets

Supplied Description:

60 cm diameter Bongo nets (0.335 millimeter mesh)

Instrument Type

Generic Name: Bongo Net

Community Identifier: http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L22/current/NETT0009/

Generic Description:

A Bongo Net consists of paired plankton nets, typically with a 60 cm diameter mouth opening and varying mesh sizes, 10 to 1000 micron. The Bongo Frame was designed by the National Marine Fisheries Service for use in the MARMAP program. It consists of two cylindrical collars connected with a yoke so that replicate samples are collected at the same time. Variations in models are designed for either vertical hauls (OI-2500 = NMFS Pairovet-Style, MARMAP Bongo, CalVET) or both oblique and vertical hauls (Aquatic Research). The OI-1200 has an opening and closing mechanism that allows discrete "known-depth" sampling. This model is large enough to filter water at the rate of 47.5 m3/minute when towing at a speed of two knots. More information: Ocean Instruments, Aquatic Research, Sea-Gear

Parameters

Supplied Name	Supplied description	Supplied Units	Standard Name
cruiseid	cruise identification, e.g. EN330, for Endeavor cruise 330		cruiseid
year	four digit year, local time		year
inst	instrument identifier (Bongo)		instrument
station	consecutive station number		station
station_std	standard station number		station_std
tow	bongo plankton tow station number		tow
lat	latitude, at start of tow, negative = South	decimal degrees	lat
lon	longitude, at start of tow, negative = West	decimal degrees	lon
month_local	month of year, local time, (01-12)		month_local
day_local	day of month, local time, (01-31)		day_local
time_local	time at start of tow, local time	hours/minutes	time_local
depth_w	depth of water at start of tow	meters	depth_w
depth_tow_max	maximum depth of the tow	meters	depth_tow_max
net	Net identifier		net
haul_factor_std	Standard Haul Factor1		haul_factor_std
taxon	Taxonomic name of larval fish species		taxon
num_caught	Total number of fish eggs in the net		num_caught
num_st1	Number of eggs caught in the first developmental stage; from just fertilized until blastopore almost closed.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st2	Number of eggs caught in development stage 2 from blastopore closed until tip of tail bud almost free from yolk surface.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st3	Number of eggs caught in development stage 3 from just fertilized until blastopore almost closed.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st4	Dead at capture, deteriorated.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st5	Abnorma l development, not assignable to a normal stage.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st6	2(Substage of 3) from blastopore closed until tail free, but not yet twisted and flexed.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st7	2(Substage of 3) from tail twisted and flexed, until embryo extends		no_bcodmo_term
num_st8	2(Substage of 3) Embryo extends > # and rence.		no_bcodmo_term
num_st9	2(Substage of 3) Embryo extends > full circle around egg circumference.		no_bcodmo_term

Database

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Dataset: fisheggs
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Georges Bank Fish Egg Data from Bongo Nets

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Georges Bank Fish Egg Data from Bongo Nets

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Dataset: fisheggs
Deployment: AL9506