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Oceanography Branch Plankton Database
Shelf-wide Research Vessel Surveys are conducted 4-8 times per year over the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, using NOAA research ships or charter vessels. The Cape Hatteras to Cape Sable area is divided into four regions, and 30 randomly selected stations are targeted for sampling from each region.
The investigation utilizes shelf-wide research vessel surveys to gather data on planktonic organisms including zooplankton and ichtyoplankton. Environmental parameters are also collected but stored in different databases (e.g., OCDBS).
The investigation monitors the fishery-relevant components of the Northeast Shelf ecosystem, to characterize the baseline conditions and to determine the effects of biological and physical processes on the recruitment of Northeast shelf fishes.
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| description | Shelf-wide Research Vessel Surveys are conducted 4-8 times per year over the continental shelf from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Cape Sable, Nova Scotia, using NOAA research ships or charter vessels. The Cape Hatteras to Cape Sable area is divided into four regions, and 30 randomly selected stations are targeted for sampling from each region. The investigation utilizes shelf-wide research vessel surveys to gather data on planktonic organisms including zooplankton and ichtyoplankton. Environmental parameters are also collected but stored in different databases (e.g., OCDBS). The investigation monitors the fishery-relevant components of the Northeast Shelf ecosystem, to characterize the baseline conditions and to determine the effects of biological and physical processes on the recruitment of Northeast shelf fishes. |
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| keyword |
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"Ichthyoplankton",
"Oceanography",
"Plankton",
"Zooplankton",
"baseline conditions",
"remote sensing",
"shelf-wide",
"1971-present",
"4-8 times per year",
"Carolina Capes (North Carolina)",
"East Florida",
"Georges Bank",
"Georgia",
"Gulf of Maine",
"Mid-Atlantic Bight",
"Nova Scotia",
"South Carolina",
"Southern New England",
"uses a random stratified design based on NEFSC trawl survey",
"DOC/NOAA/NMFS/NEFSC > Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce",
"Ecosystem Monitoring"
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| language |
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| license | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| modified | 2025-10-08T04:46:00.000+00:00 |
| publisher |
{
"name": "Northeast Fisheries Science Center",
"@type": "org:Organization"
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|
| references |
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"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/nefsc/dmp/pdf/9286.pdf"
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| rights | otherRestrictions, unclassified |
| spatial | -63.6,26.77,-84.68,44.7 |
| temporal | 1971-09-07T00:00:00+00:00/1971-09-07T00:00:00+00:00 |
| title | Oceanography Branch Plankton Database |
