TABLES 



Number Page 



1. Number of days of observations per month conducted in 



the northern Chesapeake Bight, 1S71-1977 3 



2. Hours of observation per month by zone in the northern 

 Chesapeake Bight, 1971-1977 4 



3. Numbers of gannets counted in the northern Chesapeake Bight, 

 1971-1977 23 



4. Numbers of black-legged kittiwakes by age 39 



5. Summary of marine mammal sightings recorded over the Conti- 

 nental Shelf and Slope in the northern Chesapeake Bight 



between latitudes 37°N and 39°N, 1971-1977 57 



6. Variables in weather conditions which may have influenced daily 

 observations 64 



7. Average monthly water surface temperature (°C) at 30' longi- 

 tudinal increments along the 38°N parallel (from Walford and 

 Pickford 1968) 67 



