U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank
1999 Field Season Summaries

• Broad-scale cruises

• Cross-frontal distributions and exchange of zooplankton on Georges Bank

• Cross-frontal exchange studies at the base of the tidally mixed front using an injected dye tracer

• Cross-frontal physical and biological processes over Georges Bank

• Cross-frontal processes and recruitment variability on Georges Bank - diet of Calanus finmarchicus copepodids and nauplii

• Detailed hydrographic (CTD/ADCP), microstructure (MicroSoar) and optical (Fluorometer/Transmissometer) surveys of fronts on Georges Bank

• Egg production, growth, and mortality, and the role of frontal processes in copepod population dynamics on Georges Bank

• Environmental consequences of tidal-front entrainment in larval fish along the Southern Flank of Georges Bank

• Frontal exchange processes over eastern Georges Bank

• Long-term ADCP, Moored and Lagrangian Measurements and Analysis as part of the Georges Bank Study

• Predation Impacts on Target Species: Roles of Frontal Processes and Small Predator Species

• Processes Controlling the Recruitment of Calanus finmarchicus Populations from the Gulf of Maine to Georges Bank

• Water-Mass Exchange Across the Tidal Mixing Front over Southern Georges Bank and Its Impact on Larval Fish and Zooplankton Poplulations