Living Resources Program 



The main goal of this program is to provide the scientific 

 basis for improved management and use of the ocean's living 

 resources. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary studies of the mech- 

 anisms that produce and sustain marine life. 



Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems Analysis 

 (CUEA) 



This 7-year program to investigate the complex physical 

 and biological processes in coastal upwelling ecosystems in- 

 cludes 20 NSF-IDOE funded projects (table 8). More than 

 40 ocean scientists are participating in the program. Prelim- 

 inary field studies included MESCAL I and II, primarily bio- 

 logical studies made off the coast of Baja California during 

 March 1972 and March and April 1973, and CUE (Coastal 

 Upwelling Experiment) I and II, physical oceanographic stud- 

 ies made off the Oregon coast during April through October 

 1972 and the summer of 1973. 



JOINT-I and JOINT-II 



The first integrated biological and physical field studies 

 were those of JOINT-I off the northwest coast of Africa 

 during spring and summer 1974. U.S. vessels operated in the 

 JOINT-I area during the period March through May 1974. 

 Early results show this part of the African coast to be a major 

 upwelling area. 



JOINT-II is planned as an intensive international study of 

 the Peruvian upwelling ecosystem between 1975 and 1977. 

 Studies of satellite-imagery, remote-sensing, and hydrographic- 

 transect data are underway. Nutrient productivity, chlorophyll, 

 and other data are being collected over a large area of the 

 Equatorial and Southwest Pacific Ocean as part of the EI 

 Nino Watch cruises — see North Pacific Experiment (NOR- 

 PAX). An intensive period of field experiments in 1976 and 

 1977 is being planned by scientists from Chile, Columbia, 

 Ecuador, Peru, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Spain, 

 and the United States. Observations will be made from vessels 

 and shore stations, as well as satellites and aircraft during the 

 following periods: March and April 1976, July to October 1976, 

 and March to May 1977. The last experimental period will be 

 a major multiship effort. Representatives of these nations are 

 collaborating with the planning directorate of the International 

 ERFEN project (Regional Study of the El Nino phenomenon). 



The accompanying summaries identify CUEA data submitted 

 to NOAA Environmental Data Service's National Ocean- 

 ographic Data Center. 



NODC Accession No.: 75 0531 



Organization: University of Miami, Rosenstiel School of 



Marine and Atmospheric Science 

 Investigator: C. N. K. Mooers 

 Grant No.: GX-31264 



CUEA data collected off the Oregon coast are available 

 on one magnetic tape, and in data reports, as follows: 



(A) 122 STD casts (discrete and time-series) and 57 bottle 

 casts (discrete and time-series) from Cruises of the RV Cayuse. 

 C7208-F1 and F2, 15-19 August and 21-25 August, 1972. 

 Data report: Coastal Upwelling Experimeiit-1 Hydrographic 

 Data Report, University of Miami, RSMAS No. 74003. Avail- 

 able from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical 

 Information Service, Springfield, Va. 22151 (Accession No. PB 

 235927/AS). 



(B) 334 profiles from profiling current meters from cruises of 

 RV Yaquina, Y7207-E, 31 July to 7 August, 1972, and RV 

 Caylise, C7208-F1 and F2, 15-19 August and 21-25 August, 

 1972. 



Data report: Coastal Vpwelling Experiment-I Profiling Current 

 Meter Report. University of Miami, RSMAS No. 74015. Avail- 

 able from U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical 

 Information Service, Springfield, Va. 22151 (Accession No. 

 PB 235933/AS). 



NODC Accession No.: 7400726 



Organization: NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental 



Laboratory 

 Investigator: D. Halpern 

 Grant No.: AG-299 



CUEA data on two magnetic tapes contain 1,234 STD 

 stations obtained by NOAA's OSS Oceanographer during 

 Coastal Upwelling Experiments I and II. 

 Data report: Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems Analysis — STD 

 Measurements off the Oregon Coast, July/ August 1972. David 

 Halpern, James R. Holbrook — Data Report 4. Available from 

 U.S. Department of Commerce, National Technical Information 

 Service, Springfield, Va. 22151 (Accession No. PB 232375/ 

 AS), 



NODC Accession No.: 75 0532 

 Organization: CUEA Data Analysis Group, 



University of Washington 

 Investigator: Various CUEA participants 



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