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Project details
| Title: | Ecology of Ocean Fronts 1979-8? |
| Id: | 81 |
| Acronym: | Ecology of Ocean Fronts |
| Investigator(s): | Stephen Brandt
CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere - Hobart [details] |
| Description: | |
| Years: | 1979 to 198 |
Data
- CSIRO - Great Barrier Reef seabed biodiversity study 2003-2006 [IPT: csiro_gbr_sbd] - at OBIS
- NORFANZ Biological Survey, Tasman Sea, Australia - New Zealand 2003 [IPT: csiro_norfanz_2003] - at OBIS
List of surveys that this project was on. Click on column header to sort.
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| Survey | Investigator | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SO 4/81 [details] |
F.B. Griffiths (CSIRO) | Soela cruise SO 04/81 was undertaken to carry out biological and hydrological sampling in and around an oceanic front off the New South Wales coast. Cruise objectives were to determine if phytoplankton, zooplankton, and micronekton aggregate at sharp oceanic fronts. To carry out hydrological surveys with XBTs and Nansen casts of a front to provide ground truth data for temperature and sea surface colour measurements made by aircraft and satellite. To examine the vertical distribution of phyllosoma larvae. To conduct in vivo fluorescence experiments on dark adaptation of surface phytoplankton. To collect mesopelagic fish for parasite studies (Univ. of New England). |
| SO 2/80 [details] |
S. Brandt (CSIRO) | Soela cruise SO 2/80 forms part of a time-series study of warm core eddies in the Tasman Sea off southern NSW. Primary objectives were to continue investigations of micronekton abundance and ecology as related to the eddies and associated fronts. Secondary objectives included a comparison of sampling efficiency between the Engel midwater trawl, and the rectangular midwater trawl. To study diel vertical distribution of zooplankton and comparison of trawl catches with acoustic volume reverberation measures (this was not achieved due to failure of the main trawl winches, instead a revised plan was constructed that corresponded with the Bongo sampling program). Data collected included underway (surface temperature, surface light intensity, XBT thermal mapping and acoustics), Nansen stations (salinity, temperature, nitrate, silicate and oxygen), trawling (5 Engel tows outside the eddy), zooplankton sampling with bongo nets and surface nets, and acoustic data for reverberation study. |