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3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBEF 



SURVEY OF OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGI- 

 CAL PARAMETERS OF IMPORTANCE TO THE SITE 

 SELECTION OF AN OCEAN FOOD AND ENERGY 

 FARM (OFEF) IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC 



TYPE OF REPORT A PERIOD COVERED 



Final Report: ERDA 

 Subtask 5 - OFEF Proje ct 



6 PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NL MBER 



7. AUTHORfs. 



8. CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfsJ 



Peter F. Seligman 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Naval Ocean Systems Center 

 San Diego, CA 92152 



10. PROGRAM ELEMENT. PROJECT. TASK 

 AREA a WORK UNIT NUMBERS 



ERDA Interagency Agreement 

 No.E(49-26)-1027toNUC 



CONTROLLING OFFICE I 



MD ADDRESS 



Energy Research and Develop. Admin. 

 Solar Energy Division 



12. REPORT DATE 



August 1977 



^BER OF PAGES 



267 



14. MONITORING AGENCY NAME « ADDRESSfi/ di//eri 



Confr.iJ/inf} OtI 



15. SECURITY CLASS, (o 



Unclassified 



DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT fu( Ihi s Repori 



Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES 



Oceanography 

 Meteorology 

 Eastern Pacific 



Ocean Farms 



Kelp 



Macrocystis pyrifera 



19. KEY WORDS (Conli 



20. ABSTRACT (Conlinu 



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Oceanographic and meteorological parameters necessary for selection of productive 

 Ocean Food and Energy Farm (OFEF) sites are presented and compared for the eastern 

 Pacific Ocean. Optimum values for biological, chemical, physical, and engineering requirements 

 are estimated for both farm structures and the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera , the proposed 

 OFEF crop plant. From these data, requirements, and limitations, preliminary site selection 



criteria are estabhshed. 



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