Exploring a Red Tide Incubator in Monterey Bay
Shaun A. Rudolph, University of California Berkeley
Mentors: John Ryan and Erich Rienecker
Summer 2007
Keywords: Red Tides, Algal Blooms, Phytoplankton, Monterey Bay
Abstract There is growing evidence that a global increase in red tide blooms is
occurring. Red tides can dramatically affect the structure and function of shelf sea
ecosystems as well as compromise economies that depend on coastal resources. During
the summer of 2007 weekly research cruises conducted in situ Underway mapping
surveys along a transect in the northeast corner of Monterey Bay, near the head of Soquel
Canyon. This region is often referred to as a red tide incubator, as a preponderance of red
tides that occur in Monterey Bay propagate from the northeast region. Drifters were
deployed and tracked to give insight into current patterns and bay water residence time.
Mooring data were also used to help examine some of the hydrographic relationships that
contribute to the unique incubator region.
Exploring a Red Tide Incubator in Monterey Bay
Shaun A. Rudolph, University of California Berkeley
Mentors: John Ryan and Erich Rienecker
Summer 2007
Keywords: Red Tides, Algal Blooms, Phytoplankton, Monterey Bay
Abstract There is growing evidence that a global increase in red tide blooms is
occurring. Red tides can dramatically affect the structure and function of shelf sea
ecosystems as well as compromise economies that depend on coastal resources. During
the summer of 2007 weekly research cruises conducted in situ Underway mapping
surveys along a transect in the northeast corner of Monterey Bay, near the head of Soquel
Canyon. This region is often referred to as a red tide incubator, as a preponderance of red
tides that occur in Monterey Bay propagate from the northeast region. Drifters were
deployed and tracked to give insight into current patterns and bay water residence time.
Mooring data were also used to help examine some of the hydrographic relationships that
contribute to the unique incubator region.
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