Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps

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Environmental Monitors on Lobster Traps
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Points to be highlighted today

• Temperature fixed sites over multiple years
  still primary eMOLT objective

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Points to be highlighted today

• Temperature fixed sites over multiple years
  still primary eMOLT objective
• Salinity limited to process questions (ie
  specific hypothesis)

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Points to be highlighted today

• Temperature fixed sites over multiple years
  still primary eMOLT objective
• Salinity limited to process questions (ie
  specific hypothesis)
• Current flow will be measured with near-surface
  drifters beginning June 2004 for purposes of
  validating numerical model simulations

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eMOLT database stats

• fixed sites documented 159
• temperature records 1,015,591
• salinity records 70,170
• drifter sightings reported 55
• drifter automated fixes 15,407
• people returning data 104

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Phase IV Drifters(Summer 2004)
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Summary

• Temperature project
• spring 2003 5 degF colder than 2002
• to be maintained for years to come
• Salinity project
• data to be analyzed this winter
• redesigned to investigate submarine freshwater
  discharges in Casco Bay
• Drifter project
• summer 2003 demonstrates feasibility
• summer 2004 monthly deployments planned

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