Ichthyoplankton composition from ECOSAR cruise 3, Southern Brazilian Shelf, in 1995@en

The ECOSAR cruises were a component of the project \"Prospecting and evaluation of sardine biomass on the south-east coast by hydroacoustic methods\" carried out by the Department of Oceanography of the Federal University of Rio Grande. It sampled the Southeast Continental Shelf of Brazil between Cabo Frio (22º30'S ) and Cabo de Santa Marta (28º30'S). Two ECOSAR cruises were incorporated into the database, the second (ECOSAR_2) conducted from June to July 1995, and the third (ECOSAR_3) cruise conducted from November to December 1995. The sample design resulted in 28 transects (27 in the 3rd cruise) perpendicular to the coastline carried out with the research vessel Atlantico Sul. The effort resulted in 125 oceanographic stations sampled during ECOSAR_2 and 85 stations during ECOSAR_3. Stations were spaced 20 nautical miles (~ 37 km) apart with the eastern limit on the 200 m isobath (Freitas & Muelbert, 2004). […]