Large-Scale Physical Forcing of Thin Layer Dynamics

My objectives for this study were the following: (1) To work with Drs Holliday and Donaghay to deploy autonomous acoustical and optical instrumentation at eight coastal US sites, (2) to quantify the temporal occurrence and spatial distribution of thin planktonic layers at eight coastal US sites, (3) to assess the hydrography at each of the coastal sites in order to provide a physical context within which we may investigate thin planktonic layers, (4) to expand a database containing information on biological and physical processes related to thin layer dynamics, (5) to select an appropriate site for a future thin layers process study in an open-coast environment.