Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

List of 1994 and 1995 U.S. GLOBEC Georges Bank Cruises and Those of Collaborators

Session I: Bank-wide Structures

Panel Discussion

The Life History Paradigm for Calanus finmarchicus

Session II: Stratification and Its Effects

Panel Discussion

The Importance of Turbulence to Biological Feeding

Session III: Population Dynamics of Target Species

Session IV: Hot Topics Discussion

• Session Summary
  
• Mate Finding Behavior in Calanus marshallae
  
• Sand Storms on Georges Bank
  
• The Chaetoceros socialis Patch
  
• Inter-Decadal Comparison of Monthly Mean Zooplankton Abundances on Georges Bank
  
• Influence of Diatoms on the Viability of Early Life Stages of Copepods: Implications for Understanding Variability in Copepod Recruitment Rates on Georges Bank
  
• Growth of Planktonic Hydroids: Experimental Evidence for the Importance of Mixing, Particulate Food and DOM
  
  

Session V: Wrap Up

AGU/ASLO Plans

Update on Data Management Issues

Appendix 1. Meeting Agenda

Appendix 2 - List of Attendees

Index