3-D Mapping of Ocean Water Masses and Provinces Matthew Oliver (U. Del.) Matthew Grossi (U. Del) Erick Geiger (U. Del) Argo Profile DistributionProvince Distribution

Mapping Dynamic Ocean Biogeographic Provinces Andrew Irwin (Mt. Allison University) Matthew Oliver (U. Del.) Oscar Schofield (Rutgers) Paul Falkowski (Rutgers) Thursday 12:15pm

Typical Argo Profile

Reflections on the European Pine Sawfly Holling, C.S The components of predation as revealed by a study of small mammal predation of the European pine sawfly. Canad. Entomol. 91: Holling, C.S Some characteristics of simple types of predation and parasitism. Canad. Entomol. 91: Prey switching curve

Reflections on the European Pine Sawfly Holling, C.S The components of predation as revealed by a study of small mammal predation of the European pine sawfly. Canad. Entomol. 91: Holling, C.S Some characteristics of simple types of predation and parasitism. Canad. Entomol. 91: No. of Prey Killed by One Predator Prey Density No. of Prey Killed by One Predator A=10 B=15 A/2

Reflections on the European Pine Sawfly No. of Prey Killed by One Predator Prey Density No. of Prey Killed by One Predator A=10 B=15 A/2

Modified Holling III Curve D C E A=4.1 B=147 C=1022 D=0.005 E=11.3 A=7.3 B=137 C=1021 D=0.004 E=1.04 A=0.08 B=143 C=1027 D=0.005 E=15.7 All Models are wrong, some are useful – G. Box

Argo Analysis ARGO DATA ASSESSMENT USING QUALITY CONTROL (QC) FLAGS No. of profilesRemaining Downloaded Missing variables Failed QC Profile <10 m Total analyzed:414371

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Future Work Work on minimizing the number of parameters to fit a curve Moving analysis beyond density and into temperature and salinity Moving analysis into coastal ocean Matching with Water Masses and Biomes