2012 LTER ASM - CCE

Physical Context in the California Current Ecosystem: Mesoscale Front during E-Front Study

adeverneil — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 09:11:46 +0000

Poster Number:

400

Presenter/Primary Author:

Alain De Verneil

Co-Authors:

PJS Franks and Dan Rudnick

Student Poster:

Yes

Differential zooplankton trophic responses to environmental perturbations in the California Current Ecosystem

mlandry — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:44:40 +0000

Poster Number:

396

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Moira Décima

Co-Authors:

Brian Popp

¹⁵N isotopic compositions of zooplankton species in the California Current Ecosystem (CCE) vary over interannual and decadal scales of climate variability, but the extent to which those

Predator: prey size relationships of marine zooplankton: Testing the 10:1 hypothesis with stable isotopes

mlandry — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 22:25:17 +0000

Poster Number:

395

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Lisa Della Ripa

Co-Authors:

Moira Décima

Co-Authors:

Christina Bradley

Co-Authors:

Brian Popp

Size-based theories of energy flow in marine plankton ecosystems, as well as numerous conceptual models, assume that predators and prey are linked, on average, by a body length ratio of 10:1.

Photochemical Degradation of Strong Natural Iron-Binding Ligands in the California Current Ecosystem

rbundy — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 07:45:57 +0000

Poster Number:

388

Presenter/Primary Author:

Randelle Bundy

Co-Authors:

Kathy Barbeau

The speciation of iron has been shown to be significantly affected by photochemical processes in the surface ocean, altering both the redox state and organic complexation of iron.

Student Poster:

Yes

Pelagic community responses to a deep-water front in the California Current Ecosystem: The CCE A-Front Study

mlandry — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 21:05:00 +0000

Poster Number:

386

Presenter/Primary Author:

Michael Landry

Co-Authors:

Mark Ohman

Co-Authors:

Ralf Goericke

Co-Authors:

Andrew Taylor

Co-Authors:

Julian Koslow

Co-Authors:

Ty Samo

Co-Authors:

Mati Kahru

In October 2008, we investigated pelagic community composition and biomass, from bacteria to fish, across a sharp frontal gradient overlying deep waters south of Point Conception, California.

Information Management at CCE LTER

jconners — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:20:29 +0000

Poster Number:

380

Presenter/Primary Author:

James Conners

Co-Authors:

Jesse Gordon

A variety of developments are occurring within the information management group at CCE LTER focused on improving local and network-wide access to site data and improving

Zooplankton aggregation at glider-detected ocean fronts in the California Current Ecosystem

mohman — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 00:09:54 +0000

Poster Number:

376

Presenter/Primary Author:

Jesse Powell

Co-Authors:

Mark D. Ohman

Here we report the results from six years of front observations from 2006 through 2011 along two transect lines within the Southern California Current System (SCCS) using autonomous gliders.

The California Current Ecosystem (CCE) LTER site: Mechanisms underlying ecosystem transitions

mohman — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:47:52 +0000

Poster Number:

375

Presenter/Primary Author:

Mark Ohman

Co-Authors:

25 co-authors

The CCE-LTER site is a coastal upwelling biome forced by physical processes on a variety of time and space scales.

Variation in copepod egg production rate across spatial gradients in the California Current Ecosystem

cnickels — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 20:24:27 +0000

Poster Number:

371

Presenter/Primary Author:

Catherine Nickels

Co-Authors:

Mark D. Ohman

Areas of the ocean where two water parcels meet, know as fronts, define regions of sharp spatial gradients.

Student Poster:

Yes