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Annual/Biennial
Publication Lists
Links to Annual/Biennial Lists
Description
of Annual/Biennial Lists
Lists for 1977-83 were issued
only as the “tables
of contents” associated with the annual, paper-copy-only compilation
of “Collected Reprints of the Northeast Fisheries [Science] Center” (i.e.,
the “CR” series). Each issue of the CR series included
a copy of each publication by NEFSC employees. Lists for 1984-86 were
issued as annual, paper-only bibliographies of “Northeast Fisheries
Science Center Publications and Reports” (i.e., the “PR” series). The
1984 issue of the PR series included publications only. The 1985
and 1986 issues of the PR series included both publications and reports. Primary
purpose of the CR and PR series was documentation of Center publications
and reports. The list for 1987 was issued as “An
Indexed Bibliography of Northeast Fisheries [Science] Center Publications
and Reports” (i.e., the “IB” series). Lists
for 1988-91 were issued as “An Indexed Bibliography of Northeast
Fisheries [Science] Center Publications, Reports, and Abstracts.” The
1987-89 IBs were annual lists; the 1990-91 IB was a biennial list;
there was(were) no IB(s) for 1992-93. The IB series expanded
the purpose of the annual/biennial lists to include not only documentation,
but also reference. The reference role of the IBs was accomplished
through subject and author indices. The subject index was composed
of three subindices covering taxa/species, geographic areas, and research
disciplines, and was so customized to facilitate its use by those in
the fisheries research and management fields. Lists for 1994
and later reverted to annual, nonindexed bibliographies of “Northeast
Fisheries Science Center Publications, Reports, and Abstracts” (i.e.,
the “PRA” series).
Inclusion of works in the
CR and PR series was unqualified. Inclusion of works in the IB series
was qualified; only those works which were specifically identified
and provided by the NEFSC's Executive Staff were included. Inclusion
of works in the PRA series was even further qualified; to be
considered an “NEFSC” work, a publication, report,
or abstract must have been submitted to and cleared by the
NEFSC’s manuscript/abstract/webpage review system, and
a reprint/photocopy of the published/distributed version of
the publication, report, or abstract must have been forwarded
to the NEFSC’s Editorial Office for library archiving.
Editorial treatment of bibliographic entries varies
by list and is largely based on the CBE [Council of
Biology Editors] Style Manual, third and fifth editions
(Bethesda, MD: Council of Biology Editors). Three abbreviations
used throughout the bibliographies need to be explained: 1) “n.p.” means
the work -- usually an abstract -- is not paginated; 2) “n.n.k.” means
the volume number of the work is not known -- a result of the
bibliographic compiler not having the actual work in hand in
order to prepare its bibliographic entry; and 3) “p.n.k.” means
the page number(s) of the work is(are) not known -- again,
a result of the bibliographic compiler not having the actual
work in hand in order to prepare its bibliographic entry.
Also, there are many foreign recipients of the
issues of these bibliographies, most of whom do not use English
as a primary language. Because English-language-based
acronyms are
particularly difficult to comprehend by non-English-using readers,
the standardized abbreviations of these acronyms -- when such
acronyms appear in series titles -- have been included within
squared brackets immediately following the acronyms.
Availability of reprints of publications
and of photocopies of reports and abstracts varies for each
work. Under all circumstances, though, any initial request
for a reprint or photocopy should be directed to the sole/senior
NEFSC author of the work (i.e., as depicted by all capital
letters in the bibliographic entry).
- For the 1987-89 lists, all requests should be
mailed to the appropriate author c/o Northeast Fisheries
Science Center Editorial Office, 166 Water St., Woods Hole,
MA 02543-1026.
- For the 1990-91 list, all requests should be
mailed to the appropriate author at the address appended
to the bibliographic entry.
- For the 1994 and later lists,
all requests should be mailed to the appropriate author
according to the two-letter code at the end of the bibliographic
entry:
- GS = National Marine Fisheries Service,
1 Blackburn Dr., Gloucester, MA 01930
- MF = National Marine Fisheries Service,
212 Rogers Ave., Milford, CT 06460-6435
- MS = NOAA/University of Massachusetts
Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program,
c/o Environmental Institute, Blaisdell House,
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003-0040
- NB = NOAA/UMass Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program, c/o School for Marine Science & Technology, 706 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA 02744-1221
- NG = National Marine Fisheries Service,
28 Tarzwell Dr., Narragansett, RI 02882-1199
- NS = National Marine Fisheries Service,
National Systematics Laboratory, National Museum
of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave.,
N.W., MRC 153, Washington, DC 20560-0153
- OR = National Marine Fisheries Service,
ASRC Field Station, P.O. Box 190, Orono, ME 04473
- OX or OF = National Marine Fisheries
Service, Oxford Cooperative Laboratory, 904 S.
Morris St., Oxford, MD 21654-9724
- RG = NOAA/Rutgers University Cooperative
Marine Education and Research Program, c/o Institute
of Marine and Coastal Sciences, P.O. Box 231,
New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231
- RI = NOAA/University of Rhode Island
Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program,
c/o Graduate School of Oceanography, Narragansett
Bay Campus, Narragansett, RI 02882-1197
- SH = National Marine Fisheries Service,
74 Magruder Rd., Highlands, NJ 07732
- VA = NOAA/Virginia Cooperative
Marine Education and Research Program, Virginia
Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point,
VA 23062
- WH = National Marine Fisheries Service,
166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026
- For 2000 and later lists, each bibliographic
entry contains a link which opens an e-mail request to
the senior NEFSC author or a contact acting in his/her
stead. Requesting a copy of a work via e-mail is recommended.
To request a copy of a work by postal mail, refer to the
two-letter codes above.
The NEFSC’s Woods Hole
Laboratory Library maintains an extensive, although not complete, archive
for publications and reports by NEFSC authors, and may be able
to supply a reprint or photocopy if the author cannot do so. Secondary
requests to the library for a publication or report should
be in writing (National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast
Fisheries Science Center, Wood Hole Laboratory Library, 166
Water St., Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026). Expect a significant
delay in receiving a reprint or photocopy when requesting it
from the library rather than from the author.
Abstracts
almost always have less scientific standing and permanence
than publications and reports. For
these reasons, the Woods Hole Laboratory Library does not
maintain an archive for abstracts. Secondary requests
to the NEFSC’s Editorial Office for an abstract should
be in writing (National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast
Fisheries Science Center Editorial Office, 166 Water St., Woods
Hole, MA 02543-1026). Again, expect a significant delay
in receiving a photocopy when requesting it from the editorial
office rather than from the author.
Jon A. Gibson (Retired)
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