Title/subject:  New sampling techniques and approaches developed and used in the GLOBEC NWA program. 
Synopsis:  This paper summarizes the new technological developments developed and used in the program, including new optical imaging systems, acoustic samplers, and molecular techniques.  The paper describes how this technology has made its way from the initial GLOBEC studies into the broader biological oceanographic community.
Title/subject:  Toward a mechanistic understanding of how climate change affects zooplantkton and fish populations in a temperate marine ecosystem: assessment and future goals
Synopsis:  This paper highlights how the approach taken by NWA GLOBEC program has led to new insights into how plankton and fish populations are controlled by local forcing and climate change.  It demonstrates the power of studying individual species, populations, and species, how they are affected by each other and by physics, and how this has led to powerful new biological/physical modeling tools that have given us new understanding of how climate affects plankton and fish.  This final summary also will point to how these results and method may be transitioned into operational tools that managers can use, including modeling and observation systems