drops (USCG), 14 Niskin bottle casts for geochemical and nutrient water 

 samples (University of Alaska), 28 current meter lowerings for 130 

 hours (USGS and USCG), 68 transmissometer lowerings (USGS), sur- 

 face meteorological observations (USCG), 77 vertical zooplankton tows 

 (NMFS), 81 mid-water trawls (NMFS), 33 box cores (USGS), 12 metal- 

 free gravity cores (University of Alaska), 4 piston cores (University of 

 Alaska), 42 bottom camera lowerings (USGS), 14 beach profiles (USGS), 

 100 hours of bird and mammal survey (Smithsonian, BSFW), 66 birds 

 collected (Smithsonian, BSFW), and 4 microplankton tows (USGS). 



This oceanographic report is intended to be a compilation by the 

 participating scientists of the results and preliminary interpretations of 

 WEBSEC-70. Although this report may be considered a publication and 

 should be cited as such, it is not intended to be the sole publication result- 

 ing from WEBSEC-70. The main objective of the report is to provide a 

 source document to be used as a basis for further research by participating 

 scientists leading to other publications concerning the marine ecosystem 

 of the southeastern Chukchi Sea. 



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