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Image-based Zooplankton and Phytoplankton Observing - Essential Ocean Variables in South Florida

23 Mar 2024

Miami CIMAS, Florida, USA 3Oregon State U., Oregon, USA 4USF, Florida, USA 5NGI MSU, Mississippi, USA Illustration by Kelly Lance© 2016 MBARI Enrique Montes (enrique.montes@noaa.gov) U. [...] Miami Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory - AOML National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA South Florida Ecosystem Restoration (SFER) and SE Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (SE MBON) • SFER collects hydrographic, water quality and biological observations since mid-1990’s • SE MBON contributes marine life. [...] Sci.: 10.1093/icesjms/fsw086 Integrating field plankton and satellite seascapes observations Jan 11-17, 2023 Nov 10-15, 2023 Seascape Class CLASS 27: Hypersaline Eutrophic, Persian Gulf, Red Sea CLASS 21: Warm, Blooms, High Nuts CLASS 15: Tropical Seas CLASS 13: Subtropical Gyre Mesoscale Influenced CLASS 11: Tropical/Subtropical Upwelling CLASS 7: Temperate Transition CLASS 3:Tropical/Subtropical. [...] Calanoida, Cyclopoida, Class Harpacticoida September 16-22, 2023 January 1-9, 2023 Seascape Chain diatoms: Class e.g. [...] November 10-15, 2023 CLASS 15: Tropical Seas Appendicularia: January 1-9, 2023 Seascape Class September 16-22, 2023 Conclusions • Satellite seascape carry distinct physical and biogeochemical properties • Chain diatoms and appendicularians showed high preference for nutrient-rich, coastal seascapes • Acantharea spp and echinoderm larvae had strong affinity to low-nutrient seascapes • Challenges: •.
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