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Characterizing Patterns in the Rhode Island Sound Part I

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Teacher(s):
Scott Dickison
Chief Scientist(s):
Anna Pfeiffer-Herbert
Port/Location:
Rhode Island Sound
Expedition Dates:
November 10, 2009 - November 12, 2009
Teacher Logs

The focus of this expedition will be to characterize currents, larval transport and water mass properties of Rhode Island Sound (RIS). RIS is largely unstudied in terms of physical, as well as biological and chemical data sets. The cruise can be viewed as a step in a valuable, longer-term process of better understanding a body of water that is integrally connected to the heart of Rhode Island. The more immediate impacts of this work include:

  • Understanding dynamics of larval supply to Narragansett Bay (NB) and population connectivity between neighboring water bodies, as well as the impacts of these dynamics on Rhode Island fisheries.
  • Characterizing spatial and temporal patterns of water mass exchange, which control the fate of pollutants and nutrient dynamics of NB.
  • Providing preliminary data for a large multidisciplinary grant proposal and for local efforts to better understand the RIS ecosystem in the context of the New England Transitional Sea (NETS).