Description
Zooplankton research in the US AMLR Program focuses on the link between prey production, availability, and climate variability in relation to predator and fishery demands. Annual studies include estimates of krill abundance, and experiments to develop and enhance hydro-acoustic methodologies. Long-term objectives include quantifying the inter-annual and decadal mesoscale (10's to 100's of kilometers) variability in water mass structure, phytoplankton biomass and productivity, and zooplankton (especially krill) associated with potential basin scale climate forcing. Conversely, the microscale (1 to 10's of kilometers) features of the distribution and abundance of krill within the foraging range of krill predators breeding at Cape Shirreff and Admiralty Bay is also studied to resolve local and remote forcing effects on predator foraging success.
Resources
| Name | Format | Description | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords | Unknown | The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. | Open resource |
| U.S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources (US-AMLR) Program | Unknown | NOAA, NMFS, SWFSC, Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division | Open resource |
| U.S. Antarctic Marine Living Resources (US-AMLR) Program | Unknown | NOAA, NMFS, SWFSC, Antarctic Ecosystem Research Division | Open resource |
| Full Metadata Record | Unknown | View the complete metadata record on InPort for more information about this dataset. | Open resource |
| NOAA Data Management Plan (DMP) | NOAA Data Management Plan for this record on InPort. | Open resource |
Tags
- acoustics
- admiralty bay
- amlr
- amlr zooplankton data
- antarctic
- antarctica
- bathymetry
- benthic
- bioacoustic
- biomass
- bransfield strait
- cape shirreff
- ccamlr
- chile
- chinstrap
- chlorophyll
- clarence island
- copacabana
- copepod
- ctd
- deception island
- doc/noaa/nmfs/swfsc
- drake passage
- ecosystem
- elephant island
- environmental
- finfish
- fish
- fur seal
- gentoo
- ikmt
- invertebrate
- king george island
- krill
- livingston island
- marine
- mocness
- myctophids
- national marine fisheries service
- noaa. u.s. department of commerce
- oceanography
- penguins
- peninsula
- phytoplankton
- pinniped
- population
- salinity
- salps
- san telmo islands
- satellite
- seabed
- seal island
- seals
- skua
- south shetlands
- southwest fisheries science center
- surveys
- temperature
- trawl
- weather
- zooplankton