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R/P-37
Satellite remote sensing with SeaWiFS to detect seasonal and interannual variability in phytoplankton abundance in the Chesapeake Bay and adjacent coastal waters
Principal Investigator:
Lawrence W. Harding, Jr.Start/End Year:
1994 - 1998Institution:
Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental ScienceCo-Principal Investigator:
Wayne E. Esaias, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASATopic(s):
Description:
The objective of the proposed research is to use ocean color data from the Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) to determine the distribution of chlorophyll in the Chesapeake Bay and adjacent coastal waters. This work will concentrate on the development of Case 2 pigment algorithms for estuarine and coastal waters, development of a long-term climatology for the Bay, and integration of satellite, aircraft, and shipboard data into a geographic information system (GIS) for geographic data base development, graphical display, and spatial modeling using UNIX ARC/INFO.
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Developing a habitat model for mysids, an important link in Chesapeake Bay food webs
Mysids are important mesozooplankton prey for many species of fish in Chesapeake Bay and are an important link in transferring energy from lower to upper trophic levels. Mysids also serve as biological vectors for benthic-pelagic coupling due to their diel vertical migration and omnivorous prey-switching behavior, which makes mysids important regulators of food web architecture. Despite their central role in coastal food webs, surprisingly little is known about mysid ecology and dynamics in Chesapeake Bay.
