¥The 1998 field season recorded minimum salinity due to the intrusion of Labrador Slope
Water which was observed in the Northeast Channel and
eventually came on to Georges Bank from the Gulf of Maine. High Calanus abundance also was noted
that year from the broadscale
surveys, as well as high haddock survival.
¥The 1999 season was warmer, more stratified, and an earlier Calanus bloom was noted which may have led to a 3rd generation (Durbin et al. 2003). Contrasting 1999 with 1998, where
haddock survival also was high,
will serve to check the hypotheses relating recruitment to secondary
production.
¥The 1995 season had low haddock and cod survival during a warm year where Scotian Shelf
intrusion was observed in March and the shelf/slope front moved
on-bank to the 60-m isobath during May.
What effect did these large
physical events have on the residing populations?