Zooplankton Population Dynamics on Georges Bank: Model and Data Synthesis

1-D

2-D

3-D

• Stratification

• Frontal structure

• Cross-section variation

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FVCOM

Three zones:

•The central bank in which water is shallow, vertically well-mixed, and relatively self-contained;

•The mid-bank region characterized by a seasonal tidal mixing front;

•The outer-flank between the seasonal tidal mixing front and the permanent shelf break front.

• Seasonal dynamics

• Sensitivity

• Model behavior

• Advection

• Event level

Stratification and the spring bloom