The FOCI Publication Number contains three fields separated by hyphens.
D###-(R)APO-#
The first field contains four characters: the first designates what branch of FOCI produced the publication (0 = Shelikof Strait or general FOCI, B = Bering Sea FOCI, S = Southeast Bering Sea Carrying Capacity); the final three characters are the sequential publication number.
The second field describes the quality of the publication, the affiliation of the lead author, and the affiliations of any co-authors. If the field begins with R, then the publication has been formally peer reviewed. Affiliation designators are A = Alaska Fisheries Science Center, P = Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, O = Other.
The final field is a number declaring the number of copies of the publication
that are archived in the FOCI Publication file cabinet at PMEL (Room 2066,
Building 3).
Examples:
B278-RPP0A-0
Stabeno, P.J., J.D. Schumacher, R.F. Davis, and J.M. Napp, 1998: Under-ice observations of water column temperature, salinity and spring phytoplankton dynamics: Eastern Bering Sea shelf, 1995. J. Mar. Res., 56, 239-255.
This publication was produced with funding from Bering Sea FOCI.
It is FOCI publication number 278. The publisher, Journal of Marine
Research, has a formal peer-review procedure. The lead author
is from PMEL; co-authors are from PMEL, AFSC, and Other (Dalhousie University).
There are no copies of this paper in the FOCI archive.
0236-PP-4
Schleiger, D.R., C. DeWitt, and S.A. Macklin, 1995: Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations: 1992 field operations report. NOAA Data Report ERL PMEL-54, NTIS PB95-240503, 77 pp.
This publication was produced by Base (Shelikof Strait) FOCI. NOAA Data Reports are not refereed publications, so there is no R designator. The lead author and any co-authors are all PMEL personnel. There are four copies in the FOCI archive.