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Vims Newsletter, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Miscellaneous

• Bay Eagle
• Aircraft overhaul
• Visiting Scientist Program
• Van Engel fellowship
• Unrestricted gifts, donated equipment
• Donation of marine models for aquarium
• Shell donation
• Varied donations noted
• John Zeigler memorial note
• VIMS reorganization

Written Communications In Fishery Science, Management, Techonology, And Advisory Services Produced By Personnel Of The Virginia Institute Of Marine Science During The Years 1940-1987, Frank J. Wojcik, William J. Hargis Jr.

Reports

No abstract provided.

Ecology Of Sea Turtles In Virginia, Sarah A. Bellmund, John A. Musick, Ruth Ellen C. Klinger, Richard A. Byles

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No abstract provided.

Water Quality In A Virginia Potomac Embayment: Neabsco Creek, Paul V. Hyer, Albert Y. Kuo

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No abstract provided.

Salinity Distribution In The James Estuary, Julie G. Bradshaw, A. Y. Kuo

Reports

No abstract provided.

Development Of An Index Of Juvenile Striped Bass Abundance For The Chesapeake Bay System: I. An Evaluation Of Present Measures And Recommendations For Future Studies, James A. Colvocoresses, Herbert M. Austin

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No abstract provided.

Population Dynamics And Habitat Partitioning By Size, Sex, And Molt Stage Of Blue Crabs Callinectes Sapidus In A Subestuary Of Central Chesapeake Bay, Anson H. Hines, Romauld N. Lipcius, A. Mark Haddon

VIMS Articles

Abundances, size-frequency distributions, sexual composition and molt-stage composition of blue crabs Callinectes sapjdus were measured during 1983 to 1985 in the Rhode River, a subestuary of central Chesapeake Bay, USA. Crabs at the mouth and head of the river basin were sampled with monthly triplicate otter trawls. Crabs in the principal tidal creek of the river were sampled 3 d a week with a fish weir, which caught crabs moving upstream and downstream separately. Crabs exhibited consistent, marked seasonal cycles in abundance as well as considerable annual variation in July peak abundances. New recruits entered the subestuary in late fall …

New Port Island: An Evaluation Of Potential Impacts On Marine Resources Of The Lower James River And Hampton Roads, Robert J. Byrne Et Al

Reports

No abstract provided.

The College Of William And Mary, School Of Marine Science, 1987-88 Program, College Of William And Mary, School Of Marine Science

Miscellaneous

Catalog for the Graduate program from the School of Marine Science at the College of William and Mary for the listed academic year.

Utilization Of A Seagrass Meadow And Tidal Marsh Creek By Blue Crabs Callinectes Sapidus. I. Seasonal And Annual Variations In Abundance With Emphasis On Post-Settlement Juveniles, R J. Orth, J Van Montfrans

VIMS Articles

No abstract provided.

Oxygen Production And Consumption Associated With The Major Autotrophic Components In Two Temperate Seagrass Communities*, L Murray, Rl Wetzel

VIMS Articles

No abstract provided.

A Multispecies Aggregation Of Cirrate Octopods Trawled From North Of The Bahamas, Michael Vecchione

VIMS Articles

Two cruises in the western North Atlantic collected 38 trawl samples between the Bahamas and New England. Of the 22 cirrate octopods taken in these samples, 17 came from the area north of the Bahamas. Pooled catch rate (specimens per hour of bottom trawling time) was significantly higher north of the Bahamas than in any other area sampled. Although the taxonomy of these gelatinous benthopelagic cephalopods is not yet settled, morphological characters from these specimens indicate that this aggregation includes at least four species. Only one species (Cirrothauma murrayi) was widely distributed in these samples.

Aspects Of The Biology Of Virginia's Sea Turtles: 1979-1986, J. A. Keinath, J. A. Musick, R. A. Byles

VIMS Articles

Research has been carried out on sea turtles in Chesapeake Bay and adjacent waters since 1979. Chesapeake Bay supports populations of juvenile loggerhead, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus) and Kemp's ridley, Lepidochelys kempi (Garmon) sea turtles during summer. Data from our aerial surveys and biotelemetry studies show that turtles migrate northward from south of Cape Hatteras and enter the Bay during spring. We estimate between 2000 and 10,000 loggerheads utilize the Bay during summer, where they forage for abundant invertebrate fauna. Fifty to 200 sea turtles strand dead on shore each year. At least one-third of the deaths are attributable to human …

Effect Of Fixation On Particle Retention By Microflagellates: Underestimation Of Grazing Rates, Me Sieracki, Lw Haas, Da Caron, Ej Lessard

VIMS Articles

No abstract provided.

Cooperative State Agency Program / Annual Report Fy 1986-1987, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Reports

• Nitrification in upper James River / H. Kator, R. Wetzel, M. Rhodes, E. Koepfler, L. Morris. --
• Tidal Prism Model manual / A.Y. Kuo, B. Diana, C.F. Cerco, & B. Neilson --
• State of the rivers survey and analysis of slackwater data / A.Y. Kuo, J.G. Bradshaw, and B. Neilson --
• Potomac embayment models / C.F. Cerco, A.Y. Kuo, P.V. Hyer, and B. Neilson -- Benthic data base / R.J. Diaz --
• Sex ratio and gamete production in American oysters exposed to tributyltin in the laboratory / M.H. Roberts, M.E. Bender, P.F. De Lisle, H.C. Sutton, and R.L. Williams -- …

A Mark-Recapture Study Of Striped Bass In The James River, Virginia : Annual Report 1987, Joseph G. Loesch, William H. Kriete Jr., Bruce W. Hill

Reports

Internal anchor tags with external tubes were used to tag 1,986 striped bass in the James River in the Spring of 1987. The total number tagged was adjusted (at this time) to 823 because of observed and suspected tagging mortality. The available stock of striped bass in the Spring contained both young resident fish and mature nonresident fish which left the area of capture after spawning, presumably to migrate north in coastal waters. The exodus of the mature fish after spawning and the absence of a commercial fishery resulted in only 42 tag returns as of Spring 1988. This proportion …

Monogenetic Trematodes From The Southern Pacific Ocean Polyopisthocotyleids From The Australian Fishes, The Subfamily Polylabrinae And Microcotylinae, W. A. Dillon, William J. Hargis Jr., Antonio E. Harrises

Reports

This eighth of a series of monogenetic trematodes from the Southern Pacific Ocean discusses two species of Monogenea from Australian waters. Polylabroides mylionis n. sp., from the gills of Mylio butcheri, is described. Neobivagina agonostomi (Sandars, 1945} Dillon and Hargis, 1965, from the gills of Aldrichett~ forsteri, is redescribed; a new locality record is reported for Neobivagina agonostomi.

Oyster Shoal Survey - Fall 1987, James Whitcomb

Reports

This report summarizes data collected during 1987 in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The report focuses on the fall oyster survey in Virginia.

Striped Bass Research, Virginia - Annual Report 1986-87, Virginia Institute Of Marine Science

Reports

The research reported herein is directly in response to priorities established in the "Action Plan" of the Emergency Striped Bass Study (the Chafee Amendment (PL 96-118) of the Anadromous Fish Conservation Act (PL 89-304)). The Amendment was the result of a decline in striped bass landings along the Atlantic Coast that began in the mid-1970's. The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) ha~ previously conducted a juvenile striped bass seining program from 1967 through 1973 which was discontinued at that point due to a loss of funding. The program was reinstated in 1980 with funding from the National Marine Fisheries …

Oyster Shoal Survey - Spring 1987, James Whitcomb

Reports

This report summarizes data collected during 1987 in the Virginia portion of the Chesapeake Bay. The report focuses on the spring oyster survey in Virginia.

Field Validation Of Multi-Species Laboratory Test Systems For Estuarine Benthic Communities, Robert J. Diaz, Mark Luckenbach, Sandra Thornton, Morris H. Roberts Jr., Et Al

Reports

The aim of this project was to evaluate the validity of using multi-species laboratory systems to assess the response of eatuarine benthic communities to an introduced stress. Over a 5- year period experiments in Apalachicola Bay, Florida, and the York River, Virginia, sought to (1) develop criteria for microcosm tests for evaluating the capacity of microcosms to model natural communities in the presence and absence of a pollution-induced stress, and (2) assess the validity of extrapolating test results from one location to another. Procedures for constructing, maintaining and sampling microcosms were tested and refined over the study period. A large …

Chesapeake Bay Marine Environmental Assessment March 1986 - August 1986, Terry L. Bashore, Karen L. Kelly

Reports

No abstract provided.