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)