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Anadromous Fisheries Research Program, Virginia - Annual Report 1980, Joseph G. Loesch, William H. Kriete Jr.

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This presentation is the first annual report for P. L. 89-304, AFC 10 project "Anadromous Fisheries Research, Virginia," for the period 1 October, 1979 to 30 September 1980. The fishes of concern were the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), American shad (A.sapidissima), and the blueback herring (A.aestivalis).

The following jobs were performed:

1. Catch and Effort Statistics of the Virginia Anadromous Fisheries
2. Population Dynamics of the Virginia Alosa Fisheries
3. Annual Index of Juvenile Alosa Abundance

Structural And Functional Aspects Of The Ecology Of Submerged Aquatic Macrophyte Communities In The Lower Chesapeake Bay Volume I: Studies On Structure And Function Of A Temperate, Estuarine Seagrass Community: Vaucluse Shores, Lower Chesapeake Bay, Virginia, Usa, Richard L. Wetzel

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Summary Of Sea Turtle Research In Virginia During 1979 And 1980: Final Report For Nmfs Contract #80 Fac 00004, John A. Musick

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Directed research on the status of sea turtles in Virginia has been carried out by VIMS personnel since May 1979. Our efforts in 1979 (supported in-house) primarily comprised a documentation of sea turtle mortalities in the state. This. work was expanded somewhat in 1980 thru a small Fellowship Stipend from N.M.F.S, to support the thesis work of Molly Lutcavage. In 1980 Molly analyzed the 1979 mortality data, continued to monitor strandings, and began a tagging program in cooperation with selected poundnet fishermen. Also in 1980 we began an evaluation of sea turtle nesting in Virginia with the support of another …

Relationship Between The Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab And Its Climatological Environment : Oceanographic And Atmospheric Data, Robert E. Harris Jr., Willard A. Van Engel

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Monthly and annual means of 38 oceanographic and atmospheric variables, for the calendar years 1958 through 1975, are presented in tables.