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Project: Northeast Fisheries Science Center Ichthyoplankton Collection

Acronym/Short Name: 
NEFSC Ichthyoplankton
Start Date: 
1977-01
End Date: 
2008-12
Geolocation: 
Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia
Programs: 

  National Marine Fisheries Service / Northeast Fisheries Science Center [NMFS/NEFSC]

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Description

The Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) has conducted several ichthyoplankton collection programs on the NEUS Shelf over the past forty years including the Marine Resources Monitoring, Assessment, and Prediction program (MARMAP, 1977 - 1987) and Ecosystem Monitoring (EcoMon, 1999 - present) program (Richardson et al. 2010). Both MARMAP and EcoMon were designed as multi-species plankton surveys, and sampling effort covered the entire NEUS Shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia (Figure 1, Sibunka and Silverman 1984, 1989; Richardson et al. 2010).

References:
Richardson DE, Hare JA, Overholtz WJ, Johnson DL. 2010. Development of long-term larval indices for Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) on the northeast US continental shelf. Ices Journal of Marine Science. 67(4):617-27

Sibunka JD, Silverman MJ. 1984. MARMAP surveys of the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia (1977-1983). Atlas No. 1. Summary of operations. US Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memo. NMFS-F/NEC-33:306 p.

Sibunka JD, Silverman MJ. 1989. MARMAP surveys of the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia (1984-87). Atlas No. 3. Summary of operations. US Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memo. NEFC-F/NEC-68:197 p.

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