Overall GLOBEC Goals
n“GLOBEC is designed to evaluate the likely consequences of changes in global climate and physics to the sustainability of animal production in the sea” (GLOBEC Report #1, page 11)
n“GLOBEC intends to vastly increase our understanding of the fundamental mechanistic processes that dictate
•The abundance of marine animals
•The fluctuations in their abundance, and
•The secondary production of ocean ecosystems in the context of a changing global climate” (GLOBEC Report #1, page 20)