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Wave Refraction By Warm Core Rings, George R. Mapp, Christopher S. Welch, John C. Munday Jr.
Wave Refraction By Warm Core Rings, George R. Mapp, Christopher S. Welch, John C. Munday Jr.
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Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic, Re Crabtree, Kj Sulak, Ja Musick
Biology And Distribution Of Species Of Polyacanthonotus (Pisces, Notacanthiformes) In The Western North-Atlantic, Re Crabtree, Kj Sulak, Ja Musick
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The notacanthid genus Poiyacanthonotus is represented in the Atlantic by three species of demersal deep-sea fishes at depths from about 500-3,800 m. Recent collections have made available new material from the temperate and tropical western North Atlantic for life history study of P. merretti and P. rissoanus. Species of the genus are browsers on small benthic macrofauna including polychaetes, gammaridean amphipods, and mysids. Reproduction does not appear to be seasonal. Fecundity is positively correlated with size in P. merretti, and ranges between 1,900-5,700 ova. Fecundities are much higher (ca. 20,000-30,000 ova) in P. rissoanus and P. cha/lengeri, which attain a …
Monomitopus-Magnus, A New Species Of Deep-Sea Fish (Ophidiidae) From The Western North-Atlantic, Hj Carter, Dm Cohen
Monomitopus-Magnus, A New Species Of Deep-Sea Fish (Ophidiidae) From The Western North-Atlantic, Hj Carter, Dm Cohen
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Monomitopus magnus new species is described from slope waters off the southeastern coast of North America. M. magnus is most closely related to M. american urn from the continental slope of Uruguay and southern Brazil and is more distantly related to the western Pacific M. pallidus. M. magnus differs from M. americanum in having fewer developed gill rakers on the anterior arch (10-11 compared to 14-22) and more precaudal vertebrae (15 compared to 13-14). The 13 nominal species of Monomitopus are divided into three groups based on head shape and degree of ossification.
Distribution Of Demersal Fishes Of The Caribbean Sea Found Below 2,000 Meters, Me Anderson, Re Crabtree, Hj Carter, Et Al
Distribution Of Demersal Fishes Of The Caribbean Sea Found Below 2,000 Meters, Me Anderson, Re Crabtree, Hj Carter, Et Al
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Abyssal fishes of the Caribbean Sea are known from the work of six research vessels, yet only one ofthese collections has been reported. The most recent collection, that of the USNS BARTLETTin 1981, contains 13 new records of rare fish to the Caribbean, including two undescribed species. Twelve species accounts are given, documenting the new finds, along with some taxonomic changes from previous reports. Zoogeographical analysis revealed that the abyssal fish fauna of the Caribbean basins reflects a depauperate, tropical, western Atlantic subunit of a broader, circumglobal pattern of the world's abyssal fish fauna.
The Effects Of Seed Size, Shell Bags, Crab Traps, And Netting On The Survival Of The Northern Hard Clam Mercenaria Mercenaria (Linne), John N. Kraeuter, Michael Castagna
The Effects Of Seed Size, Shell Bags, Crab Traps, And Netting On The Survival Of The Northern Hard Clam Mercenaria Mercenaria (Linne), John N. Kraeuter, Michael Castagna
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Seed size at planting is the dominant factor affecting hard clam survival to marketable size when field grow-out techniques are used. The use of plastic mesh nets, crab traps, and wire mesh bags (filled with oyster shells) alone or in combination can be used to increase survival of hard clams of ~ 6 to 8-mm shell height. These techniques do not provide sufficient protection for 2-mm seed. The combination of net + crab trap + shell bag was nearly twice as effective as the net alone when 10 to 14-mm seed was used and over five times as effective as …
Genetic Comparison Of Macoma Balthica (Bivalvia, Telinidae) From The Eastern And Western North Atlantic Ocean, Bw Meehan
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