 FOCI
has developed a sophisticated biophysical
model that 1) simulates the currents, water temperature, and salinity
of the ocean, 2) provides nutrients, phytoplankton and zooplankton, and
3) contains and tracks development of pollock eggs, larvae, and juveniles.
This picture looks up Shelikof Strait (Kodiak Island is to the right).
The green fish are pollock larvae, the red fish have grown to the juvenile
stage. One use of the model is to show differences in transport that
researchers think affect recruitment. By January 2001, FOCI will
have simulated all years from 1976 through 2000. |
