Midwater fish data report : cold core rings time series cruises, Knorr 62, 65, and 71 and Endeavor 11

Abstract

This data report is for midwater fishes taken on the time-series cruises in and around cold-core Gulf Stream rings in 1976 and 1977 - KNORR cruises 62, 65, and 71 and ENDEAVOR cruise 11. The MOCNESS-10 system was used for sampling on the three KNORR cruises. Most often, five nets were fished at each station; one (Net 0) generally sampled down to near 1000 m where the second net (Net 1) was opened and retrieval of the gear begun; successive closure-openings were done at 250-m intervals on the way up. On ENDEAVOR cruise 11, for want of a suitable winch, a single net was fished down to and up from 1000 m.