CCCC -- Table 9

Table 9. Potential monitoring platforms in the Gulf of Alaska

Source | Physical | Chemical | Biological
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Coastal observations - Marine Laboratories | T, S, sea level, P, wind | Nutrients | Plankton
Volunteer Observation Ships - VOS | T, S, P, wind |  | Plankton
Commercial fishing vessels | T, S, CTD, P, wind |  | Plankton, spp. composition, growth
Alaska Ferries | T, S, P, wind |  | Plankton
Moored buoys | T, S, CTD, P, wind, current | Nutrients | Fluorescence
Drifters - reusable | T, current |  |
ALACE floats | T, S, current |  | chlorophyll, fluorescence
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles | T, current |  |
Remote Sensing | T, S, current, sea level |  | chlorophyll
SAR aircraft (NOAA) | current, sea level |  |
Ocean Station P and Line P | T, S, CTD, P, wind | Nutrients | Plankton
GAK 1 | T, S, CTD, P, wind | Nutrients | Plankton, spp. composition, growth
Meteorological observations | Precipitation, temperature, P, wind |  |
Automated buoys, sea chests | T, S | Nutrients |
Intelligent tags |  |  | physiology, behavior
Monitor seabird populations |  |  | growth, abundance, distribution, food habits
Marine mammal logbook program | T |  | distribution
Commercial fisheries logbook program | T |  | distribution, catch
Aging structures (otoliths, teeth, fin rays) |  |  | historical growth rates
Continuous plankton recorders |  |  | Plankton abundance, distribution
Marine mammal surveys at rookeries | T, S |  | growth, abundance, distribution, food habits
Surveys of groundfish and pelagic fish | T, S, CTD |  | growth, abundance, distribution, food habits
Pacific Seabird Monitoring Database |  |  | growth, abundance, distribution

ALACE = Autonomous Lagrangian Circulation Experiment; T = Temperature (air and SST); S = Salinity; P = Atmospheric Pressure; CTD = Conductivity-Temperature-Depth