Figure 1. Locations of selected observation programs along the Pacific coast of North America. A-K identify specific programs (see Table 1 and text for additional details). Stars indicate locations with moorings. Shaded lines indicate offshore extending transects. Shaded regions indicate locations with survey grid sampling.
Table 1. Selected observational programs along the Pacific coast of North America.
| Identifier in Figure 1 |
Program/PI's | Frequency of Sampling | Observations | Missing Obs./Needs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | OCC/Helle et al. | annual survey in mid-July to mid-August | juvenile salmon trawling, zooplankton, CTD, diet composition | chlorophyll, nutrients, ADCP, hi-freq. acoustics |
| B | EVOS SEA/Cooney et al. | productive season cruises; one mooring? | CTD, zooplankton, juvenile salmon, chlorophyll | |
| C | GLOBEC/Weingartner et al. | 6X/year along GAK line | hydrography, ADCP, nutrients, chlorophyll, zooplankton, hi-freq. acoustics, trawling | doesn't begin till March 1998; need earlier start, preferably November 97 |
| D | Line P/Freeland | quarterly cruises | CTD, ADCP, nutrients, chlorophyll, zooplankton? | |
| E | La Perouse/Canada | CTD survey every 6 weeks; several moorings | CTD, zooplankton | nutrients, chlorophyll |
| F | PNCERS/Hickey | nearshore moorings off Gray's Harbor, Willapa Bay (and maybe Coos Bay, OR) | temperature, currents | phytoplankton, zooplankton; needs to begin before scheduled 1998 start |
| G(1) | GLOBEC/Smith et al. | 5X/year, Newport and Coos Bay; moorings | CTD, nutrients, ADCP, chlorophyll, zooplankton | juvenile salmon trawling; need earlier start |
| G(2) | NMFS/Peterson | biweekly cruises nearshore at Newport | CTD, zooplankton | chlorophyll, fish, nutrients |
| H | USGS/Noble | 3 moorings on shelf off Santa Cruz | currents, temperature, ADCP, sediment traps | scheduled to end in August 1997; need turnaround and redeployment for another year |
| I | MBARI/Chavez et al. | quarterly cruises to 400 km offshore; nearshore moorings | CTD, ADCP, nutrients, chlorophyll | zooplankton; offshore mooring |
| J(1) | MMS/Winant | 12 moorings N and S of Pt. Conception | currents at several depths; temperature, salinity | scheduled to end in October 97; need some turned around and redeployed for another year |
| J(2) | MMS/Washburn | HF coastal radar; hourly | surface water velocities out to 40-50 km off Pt. Conception | |
| K | CalCOFI/Hayward et al. | quarterly survey cruise | CTD, nutrients, chlorophyll, ADCP, zooplankton |