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In 1997 MBARI expanded hydrographic observations into the California Current. Quarterly cruises (cruise list) were scheduled in 1997-2009 to survey the areas offshore of Monterey Bay (map). This project was a collaborative effort between Francisco Chavez (P.I.), Curt Collins (NPS), Baldo Marinovic (UCSC), Ken Johnson, J. Tim Pennington, Gernot Friederich, and the Biological Oceanography Group.

The data presented here reflects preliminary results from Francisco Chavez. The sample analysis covers productivity, nutrients, and physical parameters. Methods and Materials for the cruises are similar to those of the Monterey Bay Time Series cruises aboard the R/V Point Lobos.

For use in publication, authors must obtain written permission from Francisco Chavez. You must acknowledge MBARI as the data source in those publications and provide reprints to the MBARI library.

MBARI provides these data "as is", with no warranty, express or implied, of the data quality or consistency. Data are provided without support and without obligation on the part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to assist in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement.

thumbnail icon graph Distance by Time Contours
Distance is measured in kilometers from Moss Landing, CA. The black diamond markers along the bottom axis represent the stations C1, H3, 67-50, 67-55, 67-60, 67-65, 67-70, 67-75, 67-80, 67-85, 67-90, 67-95, 67-100. The data have been gridded in SURFER using kriging interpolation.

thumbnail icon graphDistance by Depth Contours
Distance is measured in kilometers from Moss Landing, CA. The light green dots on the graphs represent data points. These data are from shipboard CTD observations. The data have been grid and plotted using MatLab, interpolated by griddata, and passed through a median filter. Levels are not relative for the cruises, therefore comparison between cruises cannot be made by contour colors. Last updated 08/28/2008

Temperature      
 
     
     
     
 

S402

      
       
     
 
S105
     
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Salinity      
 
     
     
     
       
       
 
S504 
   
 
S105
     
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Chlorophyll      
 
     
     
     
       
 
S103
S203
     
 
S104
S204
     
 
S105

S504 

    
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Primary Productivity      
 
     
     
     
 
N/A
     
 
S103
S203
     
 
S104
S204
S404
   
 
S105
S205
     
 
S106
S206
     
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Nitrate      
 
N/A
     
     
     
 
S402
     
 
S103
     
    S504    
       
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Nitrite      
 
N/A
     
     
     
 
S402
     
 
S103
     
 
S504 
   
       
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Phosphate      
 
NA
     
     
     
 
S402
     
 
S103
     
     
       
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Silicate      
 
NA
     
     
     
 
S402
     
 
S103
     
    S504    
       
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Sigma T      
 
     
     
     
       
       
     
 
S105
     
 

S106

      
 

S107

      
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Transmissivity
S497
     
 
S398
S498
     
     
     
       
 
S203
     
 
S504 
   
 
S105
     
 
S206
     
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Conductivity
S497
     
 
S398
S498
     
     
     
       
       
     
       
       
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            
Chl a
S197
     
 
S198
S398
S598
S798
 
S199
   
     
     
       
       
   S504    
       
 
S206
     
       
  S108 S208 S308 S408      
  S109            

Note:   Chl a has been derived from the CTD fluorometer.

SECRET cruise dates
Cruise
Begin date
End date
Platform
Stations
S197
3/3/1997
3/7/1997
Western Flyer
37
S297
6/2/1997
6/5/1997
Point Sur
28
S397
7/26/1997
7/29/1997
Point Sur
20
S397
7/26/1997
7/29/1997
R/V Point Sur
20
S497
9/7/1997
9/14/1997
New Horizon
28
S198
1/21/1998
1/23/1998
Point Sur
20
S298
3/19/1998
3/25/1998
New Horizon
32
S398
4/14/1998
4/16/1998
Macarthur I
18
S498
5/9/1998
5/12/1998
New Horizon
12
S598
8/2/1998
8/4/1998
Point Sur
28
S698
8/21/1998
8/26/1998
New Horizon
25
S798
11/6/1998
11/9/1998
New Horizon
26
S199
1/13/1999
1/17/1999
Point Sur
30
S299
4/20/1999
4/22/1999
Point Sur
11
S399
5/22/1999
5/27/1999
New Horizon
32
S499
7/21/1999
7/30/1999
Point Sur
64
S599
11/16/1999
11/21/1999
Point Sur
20
S100
2/1/2000
2/3/2000
Point Sur
19
S200
4/25/2000
4/30/2000
Western Flyer
48
S300
7/25/2000
7/27/2000
Point Sur
19
S400
9/13/2000
9/16/2000
New Horizon
28
S500
12/4/2000
12/8/2000
Point Sur
40
S101
2/6/2001
2/8/2001
Point Sur
9
S201
3/13/2001
3/26/2001
Western Flyer
21
S301
5/19/2001
5/22/2001
New Horizon
19
S401
8/6/2001
8/9/2001
Western Flyer
19
S501
12/7/2001
12/11/2001
Point Sur
21
S102
1/28/2002
1/30/2002
Point Sur
19
S202
3/8/2002
3/10/2002
Macarthur II
17
S302
6/24/2002
7/1/2002
Western Flyer
25
S402
11/12/2002
11/13/2002
Point Sur
14
S103
1/27/2003
1/28/2003
Point Sur
10
S203
4/15/2003
4/28/2003
David Starr Jordan
36
S303
7/8/2003
7/11/2003
Western Flyer
36
S403
10/28/2003
10/30/2003
Point Sur
14
S104
1/21/2004
1/27/2004
David Starr Jordan
32
S204
4/14/2004
4/22/2004
David Starr Jordan
27
S304
6/8/2004
6/11/2004
Point Sur
19
S404
8/4/2004
8/14/2004
Point Sur
62
S504
10/24/2004
10/29/2004
Point Sur
37
S105
1/21/2005
1/30/2005
David Starr Jordan
38
S205
4/8/2005
4/21/2005
David Starr Jordan
22
S305
7/7/2005
7/13/2005
Western Flyer
54
S405
10/25/2005
10/30/2005
Point Sur
35
S106
2/3/2006
2/25/2006
David Starr Jordan
96
S206
4/6/2006
4/26/2006
David Starr Jordan
64
S306
6/28/2006
7/2/2006
Macarthur II
38
S406
10/24/2006
10/29/2006
Point Sur
38
OC3570
1/23/2007
1/30/2007
Point Sur
80
S107
1/31/2007
2/1/2007
David Starr Jordan
10
S207
4/23/2007
4/29/2007
David Starr Jordan
21
S307
6/4/2007
6/9/2007
Macarthur II
39
S407
11/6/2007
11/10/2007
David Starr Jordan
33
S108
1/26/2008
1/27/2008
David Starr Jordan
5
S208
4/25/2008
4/29/2008
David Starr Jordan
14
S308
6/23/2008
6/27/2008
Point Sur
14
S408
10/14/2008
10/19/2008
Point Sur
31
S109
1/22/2009
1/23/2009
Western Flyer
10
S209
7/31/2009
8/3/2009
MacArthur II
26

 


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MBARI provides data "as is", with no warranty, express or implied, of the quality or consistency. Data are provided without support and without obligation on the part of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute to assist in its use, correction, modification, or enhancement.