This atlas is the first in a planned set of publications dealing with a time series of mesoscale plankton surveys and attendant information from a comprehensive fishery ecosystem study known as MARMAP1 (Sherman 1980; Sherman et al. 1983). It summarizes sampling methods, station activities and geographic coverage to provide a single point of reference for those interested in knowing how, when and where MARMAP surveys were conducted off northeastern United States during the 7-year period between 1977 and 1983, a period when federally-funded fishery research turned from single species studies towards holistic ecosystems studies in response to providions in the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976.

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