(left to right) MBARI research vessel Point Lobos, water collection bottles
from the CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) rosette, Scanning Electron Micrograph of
phytoplankton, strombidium sp. (Kurt Buck). Biogeochemical responses
to climate & ocean variability in Central California from shipboard observations
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MUSE:
MOOS Upper-Water-Column Science Experiment (Biological
observations from the MUSE
cruise of August 2000)
- CoOP: Coastal Ocean Processes 1995 (Joint study of the
coastal processes and marine boundary layer)
- SECRET:
Studies of Ecological and Chemical Responses to
Environmental Trends (SECRET) 1997-1999 (Quarterly observations on CalCOFI
Line 67)
- Summary: Time Series
Graphs 1989-1999 (Contour
and line graphs of: temperature, salinity, sigma t, chlorophyll, primary productivity,
nitrate, phosphate, silicate)
- A ten-year time series from Monterey Bay, California: Seasonal,
interannual and long-term patterns 1989-1998 (5 major stations in Monterey Bay
supplemented with mooring and satellite observations)
- Effect Of The 1997-98 El Niņo On Chlorophyll And
Primary Production Across The Central California Upwelling Zone: Temporal Evolution,
Spatial Pattern, And Comparison To Climatology (El Nino Workshop Poster, 1997-1998
SECRET cruises compared to the PEGASUS cruises from 1989-1991)
Shipboard studies of the biological-chemical-atmospheric coupling in the waters
of Monterey Bay, those in the California Current and beyond. This region is well
suited for these studies because of the large dynamic range in primary production. Inshore
waters are affected by coastal upwelling and are highly productive. Productivity decreases
rapidly as one travels offshore and after several hundred kilometers oligotrophic
conditions of the subtropical gyre are found. Complex circulation is found in between
these two regions where strong jets and eddies are prevalent. These jets and eddies tend
to reoccur in the same general geographic location year after year and therefore there is
significant but coherent alongshore variability in oceanographic conditions. The
comparative study of subsurface consequences of the spatial variability in upper ocean
productivity should provide valuable insight about the pathways of production export in
the ocean.
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