Processes Controlling
Abundance of Dominant Copepod Species on Georges Bank: Local Dynamics and
Large-Scale Forcing
Davis,
Beardsley, Chen, Ji, Durbin, Townsend, Runge, Flagg
Objectives:
"To understand the biological-physical
mechanisms controlling the development of 3D spatial patterns of lower food web (NPZD) and dominant copepod species on GB/GOM
(days to years).
"Examine local-dynamics and external
forcing.
"Determine the relative importance of
food, predation, and advection.
"Use FVCOM together with GLOBEC and
other data sets, to conduct targeted numerical experiments: sustainability, SW and SS intrusions, catastrophic warming.
Website: http://www.whoi.edu/sites/G4Bcopepods