Monthly climatological distributions of Calanus finmarchicus C2 to C5 from the Broad-Scale Surveys were
assimilated into a coupled physical-biological model to explore the physical and biological
controls. Results
show
that the Wilkinson Basin and the Georges Basin provide important sources of C4 and C5 in
spring and summer.
Bank-wide patterns of distribution and abundance of two
species of Pseudocalanus, P. moultoni and P. newmani:
1)Integrative data analysis, to compare patterns among all
target species and
any other taxa that are abundant and/or ecologically important;
2)Application of numerical, coupled biological / physical
models to the Pseudocalanus spp. distributional data to infer
processes from the patterns;
3)Synthesis of the patterns and processes of all species to
examine the role of
each species in the Georges Bank ecosystem.
4)
The cross-frontal process distribution of Pseudocalanus during June 1999 is being objectively mapped and used
for adjoint modeling of the dynamics of maintenance of the species on the Bank.