Density and Nutrient Fields Measurements at Openings to a Marine 

 Basin and Model of Fluxes Within the Basin 



Jackson, G.A. 



$114,000 



University of California/San Diego 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography 



C: 619-534-2923 



This project is part of a larger program to study the production, cycling, and fate of organic matter produced around 

 a relatively isolated deep coastal basin in the California Bight. Using an isolated area such as a basin allows changes 

 in water properties to be related to in sitti processes. There are two components: (1) to measure density, nutrient, 

 and oxygen fields in the vicinity of basin sills, to establish exchange rates of basin waters with surrounding waters; 

 and (2) to develop a physical-chemical-biological model to integrate field measurements made by other scientists in 

 the program. Such models will describe coherence of flux rates in the system, test the completeness of the basin 

 description, and serve as a basis for more complex analyses. 



Provision of Research Ship Use for Sampling Work at Sea 



Shor,G.G.,Jr. 



$212,000 



University of California/San Diego 



Scripps Institution of Oceanography 



C: 619-534-2853 



The project objective is to provide ship services for the California Basins Study program in mineralization and cy- 

 cling in marine systems. 



Coastal Ocean Margins Program A21 December 1988 



