1.Order of magnitude decline in C. finmarchicus abundance in coastal w. Gulf of Maine between 2003-2005
2.The window of abundance of overwintering CV stage in the coastal wGoM may play important role in determining
availability of fat to
herring and higher trophic levels
3.Hypothesis: western Gulf of Maine coastal C. finmarchicus dynamics are controlled by freshwater
discharge influencing spring primary
production. While uncoupled from dynamics
in the deep Gulf of Maine it must be a
source of Calanus in fall/winter