About the Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise
The Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Ecosystem Monitoring Cruise, or EcoMon, helps understand and predict changes in the Northeast shelf ecosystem throughout the year, which influence the productivity of fisheries. EcoMon’s comprehensive shelf-wide ecosystem data (hydrography, ocean chemistry, plankton) and analyses support everything from fisheries stock assessments to research on the North Atlantic right whale.
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