NSF Org:	OCE Division Of Ocean Sciences
Recipient:	UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII
Initial Amendment Date:	May 17, 1994
Latest Amendment Date:	May 22, 1996
Award Number:	9311312
Award Instrument:	Continuing Grant
Program Manager:	Donald L. Rice OCE  Division Of Ocean Sciences GEO  Directorate for Geosciences
Start Date:	June 1, 1994
End Date:	May 31, 1998 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount:	$202,752.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date:	$202,752.00
Funds Obligated to Date:	FY 1994 = $41,249.00 FY 1995 = $90,917.00 FY 1996 = $70,586.00
History of Investigator:	Robert Bidigare (Principal Investigator) bidigare@hawaii.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office:	University of Hawaii 2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1 HONOLULU HI  US  96822-2247 (808)956-7800
Sponsor Congressional District:	01
Primary Place of Performance:	University of Hawaii 2425 CAMPUS RD SINCLAIR RM 1 HONOLULU HI  US  96822-2247
Primary Place of Performance Congressional District:	01
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI):	NSCKLFSSABF2
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s):	Chemical Oceanography
Primary Program Source:	app-0194  app-0195  app-0196
Program Reference Code(s):	1315, EGCH
Program Element Code(s):	167000
Award Agency Code:	4900
Fund Agency Code:	4900
Assistance Listing Number(s):	47.050

ABSTRACT

9311312 BIDIGARE The northern Arabian Sea exhibits regular, predictable oscillations in phytoplankton biomass and production driven by monsoonal atmospheric forcing. In this project, the principal investigator will characterize phytoplankton pigment distributions during the Arabian Sea Process Study (ASPS) using state-of-the-art high- performance liquid chromatography (HLPC) methods. There are four major research objectives. Seasonal and spatial pigment data will be used (1) to document phytoplankton biomass (as chlorophyll-a) and species composition of pigments and other variables and (4) use the model to estimate time-and-depth-dependent rates of primary production. This work will complement the efforts of other ASPS investigators studying phytoplankton dynamics both by water column sampling and via satellite imagery.

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