A Summary and Analysis of Environmental Information on the Continental Shelf from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras (1977). Volume I. Book I. Chapters I-V

摘要

The Literature survey analyzes published, unpublished, and raw data from 1972 to 1977. Topics presented in the report are geology (nearshore and offshore), meteorology, physical oceanography, chemistry (hydrocarbons, trace metals, nutrients, pesticides, and radioactivity), phytoplankton, zooplankton, neuston, nekton, benthos, commercial fisheries, sport fisheries, benthic flora, marine mammals, marine birds, threatened or endangered species, microbiology, OCS uses, unique and endangered environments, and toxicity.