Project Title

US Antarctic Marine Living Resources Program (AMLR)

Summary

Event Number:
B-006-L
NSF / NOAA Agreement

Program Manager:
Undefined

ASC POC/Implementer:
David Rivera / Samina Ouda / Jamee Johnson

Principal Investigator(s)

Dr. George Watters
george.watters@noaa.gov
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Project Web Site:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/international/science-data/krill-and-oceanographic-research-antarctic

Location

Supporting Stations: ARSV Laurence M. Gould
Research Locations: Livingston Island

Description

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries' Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) program collects data and provides scientific information to better inform decision making by the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Living Marine Resources. For the past 25 austral summers, the AMLR field program has been conducted in the vicinity of Elephant Island, the South Shetland Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula. This year, researchers will collaborate with the Palmer Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) program to collect data using moored and autonomous platforms.

Field Season Overview

The NOAA AMLR group will deploy four subsurface moorings and four Slocum gliders in December 2022 around the Livingston Island area. The four gliders will be recovered by the Palmer LTER program during their annual cruise as part of a collaboration. In addition to recovering the four gliders, LTER will deploy four additional NOAA subsurface moorings. All moorings will collect data until the following austral summer when they will be recovered.

Deploying Team Members