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An
increasing East Australian Current affects
coastal cold-core eddies and the abundance
of gelatinous zooplankton [SS10/08]
10-20
October 2008
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Mark Baird
Biological oceanographer -
salp biology
University of NSW
Mark Baird is a biological oceanographer
who uses a combination of numerical modelling and field
observations to understand the population dynamics of plankton
in waters off southeast Australia. Mark has configured
a high resolution numerical model of the marine food web
and carbon chemistry in order to understand the fluxes
of biologically active elements such as carbon and nitrogen.
In 2004 and 2006 he was aboard UNSW research voyages when
observations were made of the Tasman Front and Lord Howe
Rise respectively. The 2008 voyage is a chance to expand
the scope of Mark's research to include the amazing gelatinous
organisms, the salps, and to focus on the complex flows
in the Stockton Bight.
Modified:
10/11/08
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