Measuring zooplankton aggregations at oceanic fronts in the California Current using autonomous gliders

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Poster Number: 
374
Presenter/Primary Author: 
Jesse Powell
Co-Authors: 
Mark Ohman
Co-Authors: 
Russ Davis

Autonomous gliders traversing across shore sections of the California Current are powerful tools for continously measuring hydrographic properties, chlorophyll a fluorescence and acoustic backscatter (at 750kHz) in the CCE study area. Sharp fronts in hydrographic properties seem to co-occur with biological fronts assoctiated with chl a fluorescence and acoustic backscatter (which is a rough proxy for zoolankton biomass). This poster examines criteria for defining both physical and biological fronts as well as the strength of interaction between the fronts.

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