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