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The
Mote Marine Laboratory Phytoplankton Ecology Program was involved in
five ECOHAB process cruises between October 1998 and January 1999, all
of which were conducted aboard the R/V Suncoaster. Cruise dates
include October 5-8 (Process A), 8-13 (Process B), 18-19 (Process C),
and November 16-19 (Process D) during 1998 as well as January 24-27,
1999 (Process E). Hydrographic properties were characterized with
a CTD by both profiling at discrete stations (see flow through maps
for station locations; profile data from Cruises D and E are not included)
and using a continuous flow through system. Data from the flow
through system were contoured to create surface maps while specific
stations were chosen from the profile data to form cross sections of
the west Florida continental shelf.
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| Flow Through Surface Maps: |
| Surface temperature, salinity, density, chlorophyll concentration, and turbidity were determined using a SeaBird SBE 19 CTD and a flow-thru system fed by the ship's sea water pump. The images presented here are surface contours generated from data collected by the flow-thru CTD during five ECOHAB process cruises. The cruises were designed to charcterize blooms of K. brevis off the west coast of Florida. Data from legs A and B were combined to form one surface map while legs C, D and E were treated separately. A low level bloom of K. brevis was present during legs D and E. |
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Process
A and B
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Process
C
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Process
D
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Process
E
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| Cross Shelf Transects: |
| Depth profiles of temperature, salinity, density, and chlorophyll concentration were determined at each station using a SeaBird SBE 25 CTD provided by the R/V Suncoaster. Certain stations were selected to form 5 cross sections of the west Florida continental shelf during cruises A and B while 3 transects were chosen for cruise C. Transect locations and the stations from which they were formed can be seen by viewing the transect maps. In general transects are in order from north to south. |
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Cruises A and B
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Cruise C
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