Project Information

Title: Acquisition of Continuous Plankton Recorder Data 070624

Project Year and Number: 2007: 070624

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2010: 10100624, 2004: 040624, 2003: 030624, 2002: 02624-BAA

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

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: None

Project Website: http://www.sahfos.org

Research Location: Cook Inlet, Alaskan Shelf, Gulf of Alaska

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract: This project will use a Continuous Plankton Recorder to collect plankton samples from the Alaskan shelf and Gulf of Alaska to determine variability in abundance and distribution of herring prey. Understanding variability in their food source is one requirement for understanding variability in Prince William Sound herring populations. Recent CPR data have shown large differences in mesozooplankton biomass on the Alaskan shelf in 2004 and 2005. This project will increase the time series of data collected with previous EVOS TC funding and improve our understanding of how the food chain supporting Alaskan fisheries is regulated.


Proposal: View (29,724 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY07: View (113 KB)
Final Report: View (524 KB)

Publications from this Project: None Available