MARMAP surveys of the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia (1977-1983). Atlas no.1. Summary of operations

This atlas is the first in a planned set of publications dealing with a time series of mesoscale plankton surveys and attendant information from a comprehensive fishery ecosystem study known as MARMAP1 (Sherman 1980; Sherman et al. 1983). It summarizes sampling methods, station activities and geographic coverage to provide a single point of reference for those interested in knowing how, when and where MARMAP surveys were conducted off northeastern United States during the 7-year period between 1977 and 1983, a period when federally-funded fishery research turned from single species studies towards holistic ecosystems studies in response to providions in the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976. 1984 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) NEFSC (Northeast Fisheries Science Center) Library Public Domain 1861