Accession Number:

ADA326361

Title:

Phytoplankton Distribution in Relation to Mesoscale Eddy Fields,

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Oct 94-30 Sep 96,

Corporate Author:

MIAMI UNIV FL

Personal Author(s):

• Hitchcock, Gary L.

Report Date:

1997-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

The primary objective of this research program was to 1 survey the spatial distribution of phytoplankton biomass in the coastal regions of the western Arabian Sea in summer, 1995, 2 deploy surface drifters instrumented with fluorometers to describe surface pigment distribution in relation to summer monsoon forcings, and 3 develop a subsurface float to profile pigment fluorescence over the upper 200 meters of the ocean.

Descriptors:

• *SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
• *OCEAN CURRENTS
• *PHYTOPLANKTON
• COASTAL REGIONS
• FLUORESCENCE
• SURFACES
• FLUOROMETERS
• PIGMENTS
• ECOLOGY
• MONSOONS
• ARABIAN SEA

Subject Categories:

• Ecology
• Physical and Dynamic Oceanography

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE