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  ACCEO - Meeting March 01, 2002

APPENDIX 2: EXAMPLES OF PLANTKON-OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS LEGACIES

SURVEY NAME AND GENERAL LOCATION

YEARS

CalCOFI - southern California

1951- present

CalCOFI - northern Baja California to San Francisco

1951-1984

TINRO-AFSC - Cape Mendocino to Canadian Border

1979-1987

The Newport Line - Oregon  (zooplankton)

                                               (ichthyoplankton)

Mesoscale Surveys; Newport to Crescent City (GLOBEC)

1969-1973, 1983; 1996-present

1969-1977

1998-2003 (5X per year)

 

Washington/Oregon coast - mesoscale surveys -- CTD, chlorophyll, zooplankton, juv. Salmon (BPA funded)

June & September 1998-present

Neuston Surveys - Oregon

1975, 1984

Line P - cont margin (48 40N 126 40W) to Station P 50N 145W

Station P was semicontinuous from Canadian Weatherships 1957-1981; occasional major surveys 1981-1997 (SUPER, Canadian JGOFS); Line P and Station P 2-3 surveys per year since 1996, usually 5-6 stations including Station P.

Southern Vancouver Island* - continental margin, roughly 48-49N, 125-127W

Numerous samples at non-standardized locations 1979-1983, semi-standardized grid of 10-14 stations 1985-present, sampled 4-6 times per year

Central and North Vancouver Island - 4 lines across continental margin to about the 2000 m isobath, roughly 49N to 51N

Began 1990, 2-3 surveys/year since mid 1990s.

* formerly known as La Perous