TABLE 1. Partial list of salient property measurements. 



Physical: 



Temperature, Salinity 

 Currents 



Turbulence/Shear 

 Bottom Stress 

 Wind Stress 

 Air-Sea Interaction 



Optics: 



PAR 



Spectral irradiance 



Transmission 



In vivo fluorescence 



Fast-Repetition Rate Fluorometry 



Multi-spectral transmission 



Ocean color/A VHRR 



Biological: 



Abundance, biomass, taxonomic composition, size, biovolume, physiological 

 state (as appropriate) of: 

 Bacteria 



Autotrophic organisms (benthic microflora and pelagic phytoplankton) 

 Protozoans (pelagic and benthic) 

 Metazoans (pelagic and benthic) 

 Macrobenthic organisms 

 Viruses 



Chemical: 



Dissolved: 



DOC/DON 



COC 



DOC fluorescence 



Oxygen 



Nitrogen gas (total gas tension) 



nutrients (nitrate, phosphate, silicate, ammonia, nitrite, urea) 



Die 



PCO2 continuous and discrete sampling 



Alkalinity 



Biomarkers 



Stable and radioisotopes (^''C, ^^C, ^^N) 



Particle-reactive radio-tracers 



Water-mass and mixing tracers (e.g. Freons) 

 Particles (suspended and sinking): 



Particulate metal carbonates 



Pigments 



Biomarkers 



Stable and radio-isotopes (^"^C, ^^C, ^^N) 



Particle-reactive tracers (TTi isotopes) 



Total suspended material 



Particulate metal carbonate 



Aggregates 



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