SCIENCE REVIEW 1987 - Bedford Institute of Oceanography

Contents
PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Science Review is published by
RESEARCH
The science program of Scotia-Fundy Region by S.B. MacPhee,
J.A. Elliott, M.M. Sinclair and T.B. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
the Scotia-Fundy Region of the
Department of Fisheries and
Oceans. Change of address notices
and other correspondence regarding
this publication should be
The Geological Survey of Canada Frontier Geoscience Program
sent to:
offshore eastern Canada by D.I. Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Marine Assessment and Liaison
Georges Bank: A crossroads for seabirds by R.G.B. Brown . . . . . . . . 13
Division
Fisheries and Oceans
Bedford Institute of
Georges Bank - Research behind the management of habitat Oceanography
and commercial resources by D. C. Gordon, J.D. Neilson and PO. Box 1006
G. Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Canada B2Y 4A2
Lobster research - Back to the basics by J.D. Pringle and A.
Campbell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , , . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
A history of chemical oceanographic research in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence by P.M. Strain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Canadian Atlantic Storms Program (CASP) by C. Anderson 25
Cat. no. Fs 75- 104 / 1987E
ISBN 0-662-16944-1
La version française est
disponible.
Long term changes in the Labrador Current by J.R.N. Lazier . . . . . 29 @Minister of Supply and Services
Canada 1988
Global change and the coastline of Canada by J. Shaw . . . . . . . . . . 32
Ocean mapping at the Atlantic Geoscience Centre by R. MacNab
and D.J.W. Piper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Vertical acoustic sweep systems - A new capability for the
Canadian Hydrographic Service by R.G. Burke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1
Electronic chart developments by S.T. Grant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Biological instrumentation for under-ice studies in the Arctic by
A.W. Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
CHARTS AND PUBLICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
VOYAGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Science Review ‘87
ORGANIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Editor - Bert Bennett
Production Co-ordinator -
PROJECTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Norwood Whynot
Production - McCurdy Printing
& Typesetting Limited, Halifax,
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