Description: There are thirty-five Ecosystem Monitoring fixed hydrographic sampling stations across the Northeast Shelf ecosystem. Four transects run from inshore to off the continental shelf from north of Cape Hatteras to Cape Cod. One transect bisects the Gulf of Maine from the coast of Maine and across Georges Bank. The remaining twelve stations in the Gulf of Maine sample deep basins, banks, coastal areas, and the inflow (Northeast Channel) and out flow (Great South Channel) of the gulf.
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Description: Ecosystem Monitoring plankton stations are selected using a random-stratified design based on the Northeast Fisheries Science Center bottom trawl survey design. There are forty-seven plankton strata across the Northeast Shelf ecosystem. The strata are combined into four regions from Cape Hatteras to Cape Sable (Mid-Atlantic Bight, Southern New England, Georges Bank, and Gulf of Maine). Thirty randomly selected stations are targeted for sampling from each region during a survey.
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