Observations on the Ecology and Biology of Western Cape Cod Bay, Massachusetts

ISBN-13: 9780387960845 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 289 str.

J. D. Davis; D. Merriman

Opis

Development and publication of this monograph are the result of the joint efforts of Boston Edison Company and the Pilgrim Administrative Technical Committee (PATC). The PATC is an advisory committee established in 1969 to ensure that Pilgrim Station marine studies have the benefit of Qualified scientific and technical advice and are responsive to regulatory agency concerns. The PATC is composed of representatives from the following: Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) U. S. Environmental Protection Agency U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Dept. of the Interior) University of Massachusetts Boston Edison Company The PATC formed the Pi 1 grim Stati on Marine Ecology Monograph Subcommi ttee to guide Monograph funding efforts, oversee technical aspects of preparation, consi der editor sel ecti on, advi se the edi tors and authors, and resol ve possi bl e conflicts. Members of the Subcommittee were as follows: W. Leigh Bridges - Mass. Div. Marine Fisheries (Subcommittee Chairman) Robert Lawton - Mass. Div. of Marine Fisheries Joseph Pelczarski - Mass. Office Coastal Zone Management Michael Ross - University of Massachusetts Robert Leger - U. S. Environmental Protection Agency Thomas Horst - Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation Richard Toner - Marine Research, Inc. Robert Anderson - Boston Edison Company Lewis Scotton - Boston Edison Company This publication was made possible by grants from: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Boston Edison Company Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries U. S.

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Western Cape Cod Bay: Hydrographic, Geological, Ecological, and Meteorological Backgrounds for Environmental Studies.- Algal Investigations in the Vicinity of Plymouth, Massachusetts.- Irish Moss Harvesting along the Shore of Western Cape Cod Bay.- Phytoplankton of Western Cape Cod Bay.- Zooplankton of Western Cape Cod Bay.- Some Aspects of Nearshore Benthic Macrofauna in Western Cape Cod Bay.- The Seasonal Occurrence and Distribution of Larval Lobsters in Cape Cod Bay.- Growth and Movement of Tagged Lobsters Released in Western Cape Cod Bay, 1970–1977.- The Commercial Lobster Pot-Catch Fishery in the Plymouth Vicinity, Western Cape Cod Bay.- The Ichthyoplankton of Cape Cod Bay.- Fishes of Western Inshore Cape Cod Bay: Studies in the Vicinity of the Rocky Point Shoreline.- The Recreational Fishery at Pilgrim Shorefront, Western Cape Cod Bay.- Seasonal Abundance and Occurrence of some Planktonic and Ichthyofaunal Communities in Cape Cod Bay: Evidence for Biogeographical Transition.- A Brief Survey of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant Effects upon the Marine Aquatic Environment.- Appendix I: Personnel of the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station Marine Ecology Study Program, 1969–1980.- Appendix II: Marine, Ecological, and Hydraulic Studies Associated with Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station, 1969–1980.