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* To
determine the processes that control the Georges Bank circulation and
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transport
of biological, chemical, and geological materials in a strongly tidal
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and
wind-driven system, and to determine how physical and biological
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processes
control the population dynamics of the target organisms (early life
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stages
of cod and haddock and the copepods Calanus finmarchicus and
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Pseudocalanus spp.) in the Northwest Atlantic/Georges
Bank area.
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* To
embody this understanding in conceptual and quantitative models capable
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elucidating ecosystem dynamics and
responses on a broad range of space
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and time scales.
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* To
understand the effects of climate variability and climate change on the
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distribution,
abundance and production of the target organisms.
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