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The photos represent specimens collected during survey trawls of the continental shelf between Nova Scotia and North Carolina between the years of 1975 and 1986.
Using the Database:
The current collection consists of images and accompanying reports completed by the photographer. These reports include camera and lighting information, location and date of the catch and photo and measurements of the actual specimen. The author also included the specimen number of a voucher specimen that is part of the fish collection at Harvards Museum of Comparative Zoology.
The listing at left shows a variety of taxonomic groups that are included in the data. Most of these (aside from fish) represent just a few incidental specimens photographed by the author and their full taxonomic classifications are not included. The "Fish" listing will present you with a list of orders and families for browsing.
The database will retrieve both catch reports and slides based. These are indexed by organism name and classification. You can browse the classification and search by group or input a name or part of a name to search. This database uses the Taxonomic Name Server developed here at the MBL. This system provide name and classification information for use within applications. It is a distributed application and currently serves 200,000+ names.
History of the Collection:
This database is based on a collection of slides assembled by Donald Flescher, a fisheries biologist, now retired, who worked for the National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Center, Woods Hole, MA.
The photos represent specimens collected during survey trawls of the continental shelf between Nova Scotia and North Carolina between the years of 1975 and 1986. The NMFS conducts regular surveys of these coastal waters aboard the vessels Albatross IV and Delaware II. Most specimens were photographed using a "dry" method primarily from the side. For more information on the methods used, see "Fish Photography", Fisheries, Vol. 8, No.4, pp.2-6.
The collection of over 2700 slides has been divided into two sub-collections. Half was donated to the American Fisheries Society and the other half to the MBLWHOI Library.
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