Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 1 of 1
Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Evidence Of Recent Recruitment In The Ocean Quahog Arctica Islandica In The Mid-Atlantic Bight, En Powell, Roger L. Mann
Evidence Of Recent Recruitment In The Ocean Quahog Arctica Islandica In The Mid-Atlantic Bight, En Powell, Roger L. Mann
VIMS Articles
We report results of a survey explicitly focused on ocean quahog recruitment in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The recruitment survey resampled all NMFS survey sites south of Hudson Canyon and a selection of sites north and east of Hudson Canyon off the Long Island coast over the entire depth range of this species with the exception of the most inshore reaches off Long Island. More ocean quahogs were encountered, on a per tow basis, in the vicinity of and north of Hudson Canyon. The proportion of recruits in the size-frequency distribution was higher in the south and the most recent recruitment …