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Zooplankton Ecology Group. Principal Investigator: Baldo Marinovic Technical Staff Asila Ghoul Joy Feathterstone Ann Vassilieva Jason Mulsow. Group Focus. Conduct Net Sampling of Zooplankton in association with CIMT shipboard surveys Analyses Zooplankton biovolume
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Zooplankton Ecology Group • Principal Investigator: Baldo Marinovic • Technical Staff • Asila Ghoul • Joy Feathterstone • Ann Vassilieva • Jason Mulsow
Group Focus • Conduct Net Sampling of Zooplankton in association with CIMT shipboard surveys • Analyses • Zooplankton biovolume • Euphausiid (krill) abundance, species compostition, and demography • Gelatinous plankton (large medusa, ctenophores) abundance
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Accomplishments to date • Since Nov 2002 approximately 300 net samples collected from the CIMT survey grid • All have been processed for biovolume, krill, and gelatinous zooplankton
Collaborations • SWFSC-Santa Cruz Lab: Annual Juvenile Rockfish Recruitment Surey • Provide personnel/expertise for krill data collection • PaCOOS: CalCOFI • Extend quarterly sampling to include central CA lines 67 and 60 • Collaborate with SCOOS to integrate euphausiid data base
User Groups • MBNMS – Krill/Gelatinous plankton data utilized to characterized critical prey spp distribution within MBNMS • NMFS – sample analyses for Leatherback Turtle foraging habitat characterization • PMFC- input for krill management working group
Outreach • Undergraduate research internships (UCSC) • Cosmos Summer Science Camp (Grades 9-12)