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The Neuse/ Pamlico, NC site makes up the Phytoplankton and
Seagrass Indicators components of ACE INC.
Investigators:
• Hans
W. Paerl (principal), Institute of Marine Sciences,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Richard
A. Luettich Jr, Institute of Marine Sciences, University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Rachel Noble, Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• James L.
Pinckney, Dept. of Oceanography, Texas A&M Univ.
• Mark Fonseca,
NOAA/NOS Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC
• Judson Kenworthy,
NOAA/NOS Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC
• Donald Field,
NOAA/NOS Beaufort Laboratory, Beaufort, NC
Objective:
Develop broadly-applicable,
phytoplankton-based indicators of estuarine and coastal ecological
condition. Link these to nutrient and physical-chemical forcing
features and remote sensing analyses of water column optical
properties.
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