Investigating the Relationship Between Fin and Blue Whale Locations, Zooplankton Concentrations and Hydrothermal Venting on the Juan de Fuca Ridge

• Main Authors: Wilcock, William S., Thomson, Richard E.
• Other Authors: WASHINGTON UNIV SEATTLE SCHOOL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: Biological Oceanography; Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Marine Engineering; Military Forces and Organizations; Naval Surface Warfare; Undersea and Antisubmarine Warfare; *UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS; *JUAN DE FUCA STRAIT; *CETACEA; *WHALES; *ZOOPLANKTON; ACOUSTIC WAVES; DATA BASES; BACKSCATTERING; DEPTH; SEISMIC DATA; CORRELATION; PROFILES; CONCENTRATION(COMPOSITION); SYNCHRONISM; PLUMES; ACOUSTIC SCATTERING; MALNUTRITION; SEISMOLOGY; OCEAN BOTTOM; FINS; ECOLOGY; DEEP OCEANS; AQUATIC BIOLOGY; DOPPLER EFFECT; AQUATIC ANIMALS; BIOACOUSTICS; RIDGES; VENTS; NETWORKS; INTEGRATED SYSTEMS; POSITION(LOCATION); ALGORITHMS; TRACKING; *HYDROTHERMIC VENTS; *TROPHIC ECOLOGY; *VENT FIELDS; FIN WHALES; BLUE WHALES; ENDEAVOUR SEGMENT; ADCP(ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER); RIDGE2000 RESEARCH PROJECT; OBS(OCEAN BOTTOM SEISMOMETERS); Endeavour; Blue whale
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA505087; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA505087

We are investigating the potential correlation between whale tracks, enhanced zooplankton concentrations and hydrothermal vents above the Juan de Fuca Ridge with the long-term goal of understanding such correlations in terms of the influences of globally distributed hydrothermal plumes on the trophi...