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Ecosystem Monitoring of the Northeast U.S. Continental Shelf: Survey Details

Every year, we sample the water column over the Northeast U.S. continental shelf throughout the year and make that data accessible to everyone

New England/Mid-Atlantic

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photograph of paired bongo nets wrapped in the bongo frame on a table, a small cage-like rosette around a CTD in the foreground, and a video plankton recorder seated on a mat to the right. The blush of sunrise, June 21, 2021, is on the horizon in the background.
Gear on the side deck of the NOAA ship Henry B Bigelow during the HB2102 Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species Survey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Elisabeth Broughton

The water properties and planktonic community of the Northeast U.S. continental shelf are always changing, so measuring them is no small feat. NOAA Fisheries conducts many surveys of the shelf every year. We collect water column samples and measurements on almost all of them.

Annual Hydrographic and Plankton Survey Directories 

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Last updated by Northeast Fisheries Science Center on 02/21/2024

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