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Topic
A: What are the impacts of Scotian Shelf Cross-overs on the population
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dynamics
of the target species?
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Model studies of
interannual variability of SSC events, including analysis of
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historical
hydrographic data and altimetry and modeling of interannual drift
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variability using
Chens model (Brickman, Smith, Han,
Hannah)
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Model study of
physical mechanisms driving SSCs (Smith, Brickman).
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ELS modeling of
cod and haddock in SSCs,including effects of temperature,
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food supply, etc
on growth and survival, and possibly demographics of
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adults stocks.
(Brickman, Frank).
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Topic
C: How do large-scale interannual and interdecadal variabilities affect
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population
dynamics of the target species?
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Analysis of
upstream sources of water masses and biota, including
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historical
hydrographic data, freshwater sources, etc. (Smith, Hannah,
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Loder)
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Study of
interannual variability of sea level (92-00) using
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TOPEX/POSEIDON
altimetry (Han, Smith, Loder).
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