Project Information

Title: SEA: Nekton/Plankton Acoustics 96320-N

Project Year and Number: 1996: 96320-N

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 1999: 99320-N-CLO, 1998: 98320-N, 1997: 97320-N, 1995: 95320-N, 1994: 94320-N

Principal Investigator (PI): Gary Thomas (Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences; U. Miami)

Managing Agency: NOAA

Assisting Personnel: Jay Kirsch, Nicholas Peters, Geoff Steinhart

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Research

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring, Pink Salmon

Abstract: This project would describe macrozooplankton distribution and biomass in real time using hydroacoustics; describe fish predator distribution/biomass in real time using hydroacoustics; and investigate the hypothesis that plankton/nekton/predator populations aggregate in cyclic patterns and specific locations due to currents and bottom morphology.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Annual Report FY96: View (1,914 KB)
Final Report: Final Report Not available. For current status, please contact us.

Publications from this Project: None Available

Datasets:
EVOSTC Data Archive: The data produced by this project includes acoustically derived biomass density estimates of herring, pollock, and macro-zooplankton around Prince William Sound. In the future, data will include two dimensional surface maps, two dimensional vertical distributions and three dimensional seascapes. ASCII text, or paper printouts, reports, articles Availability: Available to collaborating researchers and managers and through the scheduled release of the SEA database.