2003-2004 USAP Field Season

Biology & Medicine

Dr. Polly Penhale Program Manager

B-028-L/P	NSF/OPP 02-17282
Station: R/V Laurence M. Gould, Palmer Station
RPSC POC: Rob Edwards
Research Site(s): R/V Laurence M. Gould, Palmer Station
Dates in Antarctica: Early January to mid February

Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER): Climate, ecological migration, and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment

	Dr. Langdon B. Quetin University of California Santa Barbara Marine Science Institute langdon@icess.ucsb.edu http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/lter

Palmer Long Term Ecological Research Project: Climate, ecological migration, and teleconnections in an ice-dominated environment (prey component)

Deploying Team Members:

Brian Cheng . Kristen Green . Alison Haupt . Amy Kaiser . Daniel Martin . Langdon B. Quetin . Robin Ross . Shannon Talley . Jason Watts

Research Objectives: The zooplankton component of the Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) project is concerned with investigating and defining seasonal scale processes in krill demography and distribution in relation to the abiotic and biotic environment.