Project Information

Title: Acquisition and Application of CPR data in the GOA 040624

Project Year and Number: 2004: 040624

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2010: 10100624, 2007: 070624, 2003: 030624, 2002: 02624-BAA

Principal Investigator (PI): Sonia Batten (Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science (SAHFOS))

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: David Welch

Research Location: Alaskan Shelf and Gulf of Alaska

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Not Specified

Abstract: Plankton are a critical link in the marine food chain that respond rapidly to climate change and form the link between the atmosphere and upper trophic levels. Many important marine resources in the GoA are strongly influenced by changes in ocean climate. Recent CPR data have shown significant changes occurring in all plankton communities in the GoA, associated with the recent climate shift. We will continue the acquisition of CPR data in the Gulf of Alaska on the current transect that crosses the ACC and add an additional transect in FY05 that will sample the ACC further ‘downstream’ and provide baseline, seasonal plankton data for the lower Cook Inlet and it’s transition to the Gulf of Alaska. We also propose analysis of data already collected to investigate the links between plankton and juvenile salmon migrations, and the larval distribution of commercially important decapods sampled by the CPR.


Proposal: View (229 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY04: View (453 KB)
Annual Report FY06: View (101 KB)
Final Report: See Project 070624

Publications from this Project: None Available