Tidal front mixing and exchange on Georges Bank: Controls on the production of phytoplankton, zooplankton, and larval fishes

	R. Houghton, (LDEO)
	D. Townsend,   (U. Maine)
	C. Chen,   (Umass Dartmouth)
	L. Incze,   (U. Southern Maine)
	G. Lough,   (NOAA/NMFS)

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Assumptions

	Nutrient source: from across the northern flank;
	Some (most?) is taken up by phytoplankton in the front, and around the periphery;
	Primary production patterns are thus predictable (or are they?)

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Work before us?

	Study coupled physical-biological model output, and pose experiments;
	Compare output with Broadscale Survey Group’s summarized distribution plots…
	Conceptual model relating fish spawning LOCATION (versus timing) with year class strength???