Plankton Patch Feasibility Experiments

Abstract

My long - term goal is to increase our understanding of the biological - biological, physical - biological and chemical - biological interactions that control the initiation, maintenance and dissipation of plankton patches. This goal can most readily be achieved by directly measuring processes thought to control plankton patch dynamics, experimentally testing their importance, incorporating those processes into conceptual plankton dynamics models, and then testing the models in the ocean.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2002
Accession Number
ADA628854

Entities

People

  • Percy L. Donaghay

Organizations

  • University of Rhode Island

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Acoustic Detectors
  • Aquatic Organisms
  • Backscattering
  • Dissipation
  • Dynamics
  • Environmental Protection
  • Layers
  • Marine Biology
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Phytoplankton
  • Plankton
  • Richardson Number
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Zooplankton

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design