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Oyster Spatfall In Virginia Rivers: 1987 Annual Summary, James Whitcomb

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The Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) conducts weekly surveys from June through early October to obtain oyster spatfall information. Spat counts are made on oyster shells strung on wire and suspended from stakes on public and private beds. The number of spat on shells is counted each week of the spawning season to determine the potential of a particular area for receiving a strike and to predict the most likely period the strikes will occur.

King And Queen County Tidal Marsh Inventory, Walter L. Priest Iii, Gene M. Silberhorn, Andrew W. Zacherle

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No abstract provided.

Contribution Of 1982 And Subsequent Year Class Females To The Virginia 1986 Commercial And Recreational Harvest, Herbert M. Austin

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Limited Information On Utilization Of The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel Area By Recreational Fishermen, Jon A. Lucy

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King William County And Town Of West Point Tidal Marsh Inventory, Gene M. Silberhorn, Andrew W. Zacherle

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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.

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Consideration Of A 12" Tl Minimum Size Limit For Spotted Weakfish, Cynoscion Nebulosus In The Potomac River, Herbert M. Austin

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

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Status Of The Major Oyster Diseases In Virginia, Eugene M. Burreson

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The 1987 Update On Leased Grounds Near The Us 17 Bridge Over Chuckatuck Creek, Roger L. Mann, James P. Whitcomb

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This report is an update of a study made in June to mid-august 1979. This study was made by the Virginia Institute of Marine Science of the College of William and Mary for the Department of Highways and Transportation, Suffolk, Virginia. The previous study provided: 1) a description of the shellfish resource prior to construction of a new bridge; 2) an estimate of the value of the oysters and shell on leased areas within the right-of-way; and 3) a basis for a later study after construction to evaluate possible environmental changes.

Since 1979 the Commonwealth has purchased the right-of-way and …

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

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

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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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Progress Report No. 2: Industry, Nmfs, And Vims Joint-Sponsored Sea Scallop Research, William D. Dupaul, James E. Kirkley

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Preliminary Analysis Of Virginia's Black Drum (Pogonias Cromis) Recreational And Commerical Fisheries, Joseph C. Desfosse

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A Partial Analysis Of The Equity Of Meat Count And Shell Height Regulation In The Sea Scallop Fishery, James E. Kirkley, William D. Dupaul

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Problems And Promises For Shellfishes In Chesapeake Bay, Herbert M. Austin

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

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City Of Norfolk Tidal Marsh Inventory, Gene M. Silberhorn, Walter L. Priest Iii

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Sessions From The Past: Perspectives On The Chesapeake Bay Study The Living Resources, Herbert M. Austin

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Comments On The Use Of Containers For Hard Clam (Mercenaria Mercenaria) Relaying, M. J. Oesterling, W. D. Dupaul

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Histopathological Analyses Of Tissue Sections Of The Eyes Of Indigenous Species Of Marine/Estuarine And Estuarine Fish, Willliam J. Hargis Jr.

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The Elizabeth River is the most heavily settled and industrialized major subestuary in Virginia's Chesapeake System. Under increasing use and development since around 1610, its' waters have been exposed to all types of domestic, agricultural, military and industrial contaminants. ....Its sediments are contaminated by heavy metals, PAHs and all other introduced materials that accumulate and are stored there, with or without chemical transformation.... Collection of fish began in the Elizabeth River in the summer of 1982.

Position Of The Virginia Institute Of Marine Science On The Use Of The Patent Tongs In The Upper Rappahannock River, Herbert M. Austin

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Study Of Alosa Stock Composition And Year-Class Strength In Virginia - Completion Report 1984-1986, Joseph G. Loesch, William H. Kriete Jr., Roxanne P. Trapani

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This presentation is the completion report for P. L. 89-304, AFC 13-1-3 project "Study of Alosa stock composition and year-class strength in Virginia," for the period 1 January 1984 to 31 July 1986. The fishes of concern were the alewife (Alosa pseudoharengus), American shad (. sapidissima), and the blueback herring A. aestivalis).

Oyster Shoal Survey - Spring 1987, James Whitcomb

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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.

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

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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.

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

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• 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 -- …

Oyster Shoal Survey - Fall 1987, James Whitcomb

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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.

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

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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 …

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

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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 …