TAPS-8 Real-Time Biological Data
Biophysical Oceanographic Mooring:   Zooplankton Abundance

The EcoFOCI team developed a mooring system for acoustic zooplankton monitoring using TAPS-8 (Tracor Acoustic Profiling System). The system is deployed on a surface mooring April-September in the Southeast Bering Sea, and incorporates real-time data transmission using satellite and iridium satellite modem. This system sends data, including temperature, salinity, pressure and flurometer data, from the mooring to our laboratory.

above: view the Development of the Biophysical mooring System below: location of the M2 mooring and the TAPS-8 profiler  with link to mooring diagram (PDF)

	temp, sal, pressure	chlorophyll	spectra 18m	data
2006				0 m temp, sal 17 m temp, sal
2007				0 m temp, sal 18 m temp, sal 18 m fluorometer 56 m temp, sal 56 m fluorometer

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