Data report of the DOE-sponsored northwest marine sciences group, September-October 1980 cruise

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5248228· OSTI ID:5248228

Postel, J. R.; Peterson, W. K.; Kitchen, J. C.; Menzies, D. W. ^[1]

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This cruise was part of a continuing program to collect detailed information on the processes affecting plankton productivity, abundance, and distribution off the Washington coast, and on the chemistry, distribution, and flux of particulate material in these waters. The sampling program for this cruise was designed to determine the effect of the Quinault Canyon on the biology, chemistry, hydrography, and flux of particulate material in Washington coastal waters. The field program had three major components: Leg I, concerned with the deployment of current meters and measurement of water properties in the vicinity of Quinault Canyon; Leg II, predominantly a transect or survey phase; and Leg III, intensive sampling at a smaller number of sites to investigate important processes and rates. The intensive investigations focused on rates of important processes involved in transfer of energy and biomass in pelagic ecosystems and included measures of phytoplankton productivity, zooplankton grazing rates, microbial activity, flux of organic matter and suspended particulates, and characteristics of a near-bottom nepheloid layer. (ERB)

• Research Organization: Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). School of Oceanography; Oregon State Univ., Corvallis (USA). School of Oceanography
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AT06-79EV10047
• OSTI ID: 5248228
• Report Number(s): DOE/EV/10047-5; ON: DE82011081
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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