US-GLOBEC NW Atlantic Georges Bank Program
Broadscale cruises 1995-1999 (Jan-June)
Process cruised 1995, 97 and 99 (Mar-May)
Growth rate of <10,000 estimated from RNA/DNA and water
temperature (Buckley et al. 2006)
Prey estimates (Buckley and Durbin 2006) and mortality rates
(Mountain et al. 2003, submitted) from broad-scale surveys
Funding NSF and NOAA
Seasonal trends in mortality and growth of cod and haddock
larvae on Georges Bank result in an optimal window for survival.
LJ Buckley, RG Lough and D Mountain
NOAA/NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science
Center and the URI/NOAA CMER Program