Dataset: allzoo_JR

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Project: NorthEast Consortium
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"Cooperative Long-term Ecosystem Monitoring in the Gulf of Maine"



Project leader: Jeffrey Runge (UNH)

Project assistant: Rebecca Jones (UNH)

Industry participants: Yankee Fisherman's Coop.
and Portsmouth Fisherman's Coop.

Monitoring Advisory Panel: R.Barnaby (UNH), C.Goudey (MIT Sea Grant),
S.Meeker (UNH Sea Grant Extension), L. Mercer (Maine, DNR), D. Mountain (NMFS,
Woods Hole), C. Pendleton (NAMA), D. Townsend (UMaine)



 final report 




The overall goal of this project is the design and development of a cooperative,
industry-based contribution to monitoring of the pelagic ecosystem in the Gulf
of Maine.  The need for long-term biological data collection in the Gulf of
Maine becomes critical in light of increasing evidence for change in New
England's climate. It beomes increasingly important for the fishing industry as
decisions about fishery management shift from a single or multi-species to an
ecosystem-based approach. By involving the expertise and resources of the local fishing community, we hope to learn more about the natural and man-made
variability of the Gulf of Maine marine ecosystem. 





courtesy of
USGS




Sampling takes place on a weekly schedule with the cooperation of Portsmouth Fishermen's COOP and
Seabrook Yankee Fishermen's COOP fishermen. Each week we visit the two stations shown on the
above map, GoMOOS Buoy "B" and New Scantum at the southern edge of
Jeffreys Ledge.



Samples taken are a CTD (SeaCat 19 plus) cast for salinity, temperature, density, and
fluorescence; 2 vertical ring net tows with a 200 micron mesh for zooplankton and ichthyoplankton
assemblages and abundance; and water samples taken from every 10 meter depth from 0-50 meters for
nutrient and chlorophyll-a profiling as well as phytoplankton assemblages.




See
ctd_JR,

drywt_JR,

chla_JR

and nuts_JR
for more data from this study.



Zooplankton Species Abundance Data:

This field appears in all the Long-term Monitoring (PULSE) data sets and enables easy comparison.  
B = GoMoos buoy B location

S = New Scantum at the southern edge Jefferys Ledge


For more information, visit the website,
www.pulse.unh.edu.




 Revised Sept 05, 2006; gfh





	
  	

    
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