FOCI scientists agreed that the proposals would be stronger if physical and biological aspects were integrated. This is a large initiative expected to commence in 2003. Research requests will cover spatial and decadal scales of multivariate processes, with sustained observations, including application of paleodata to extend observations backward through time. Presently FOCI is helping to write NOAA's section on pilot biological ocean observations. The plan is to continue and augment observing capabilities in the southeastern Bering Sea, and translate them as possible northward toward Bering Strait, the Chukchi Sea, and North Slope.
Observations extend from the physical environment to lower and upper trophic levels.
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