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Deployment: OC467

 
Deployment: 
OC467
Chief Scientist: 
Dennis J. McGillicuddy (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, WHOI)
Synonyms: 
Platform:
 R/V Oceanus
Platform Type:
 vessel
Start Date: 
2010-07-29
End Date: 
2010-08-06
Location: 
Cape Cod to Georges Bank, Cape Cod to Bay of Fundy Lat/Lon: 40° 30.0' N / 69° 0.0' W
Description

Synoptic mapping of Alexandrium fundyense, hydrography, and velocity in the coastal current from Cape Cod to Georges Bank, Cape Cod to Bay of Fundy. OC467 is one of the GOMTOX project cruises to study the dynamics of Alexandrium fundyense distributions in the Gulf of Maine. GOMTOX is an observational and modeling study of nearshore and offshore shellfish toxicity, vertical toxin flux, and bloom dynamics in the Gulf of Maine, a complex shelf sea region.

WHOI cruise planning synopsis

Cruise information and original data are available from the NSF R2R data catalog