Ecosystems and Fisheries-Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (EcoFOCI) (EcoFOCI)

Updated 2012-07-25

The Bering Sea is an extremely rich ecosystem providing almost half of the US catch of fish and shellfish. EcoFOCI has four moorings (M2, M4, M5 and M8), which are an important component in the observational system, monitoring changes in the ecosystem. Data are used by ecosystem managers, modellers (model validation), and scientists. They provide critical information on the spatial temperature structure, timing of phytoplankton blooms, cold pool and presence of marine mammals. Main gaps: Expanding instrumentation to measure ice thickness, nutrients, oxygen, PAR, zooplankton biovolume and atmospheric variables to all four of the mooring sites. Increase vertical resolution of nutrients. Expand measurements northward into the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas.

Time frame

Status
Ongoing
Project time span
1995 -
Data collection
1995 -
Data processing
1995 -
Data reporting
1995 -

Contact information

Contact person
- -
Address
Phyllis Stabeno
Email
vog.aaon@onebats.sillyhP

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled
Media sampled/studied/modelled
Air/aerosol
Human media
Ice/snowpack
Seawater/suspended particulate matter

Geography

Regions studied
Bering Sea

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?
No

Methods & Procedures

Procedures and methodology used for, e.g., sampling and sample storage, sample pretreatment, extraction and analysis, including which laboratories are involved, references to methods employed, etc.

Temperature, Salinity, Currents (300 or 600 KHz ADCP), Fluorescence (at 1-3 depths on each mooring), Meteorological variables (on M2 during May – September), Nutrients (0-2 depths on each mooring), Oxygen (M2), Zooplankton biovolume (from acoustic sensors on M2 and M5), Ice thickness (M4), Sound (passive listening devices primarily for marine mammals), Subsurface PAR (M4).

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?
No
Other institutes involved in the project

US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?

Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST)

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