GLOBEC NWA Program: Phase 4B Synthesis
FVCOM-NPZD-
Copepod Dynamics
¥Detailed
3D analysis of physical-biological mechanisms
¥Lower
food-web dynamics (NPZD)
¥Dominant
copepod species population dynamics
¥Regional
model (Halifax to New Jersey)
¥Local
forcing and large scale forcing through boundaries
¥Mechanistic
understanding of how GOM/GB ecosystem responds to
local and remote forcing
¥Provides
copepod prey fields for larval fish modeling
