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The
Phy
topl
ankt
on E
ncyc
lopa
edia
Pro
ject
Intr
oduc
tion
M
arin
e o
rgan
ism
s c
an b
e u
sed
as
indi
cato
rs o
f en
viro
nmen
tal
chan
ge a
s th
ey r
espo
nd t
o
chan
ges
in
phy
sica
l co
nditi
ons
(te
mpe
ratu
re,
salin
ity,
nutr
ient
con
cent
ratio
ns).
U
sed
by
cl
imat
olog
ists
to m
easu
re a
nd u
nder
stan
d e
nviro
nmen
tal c
hang
e.
A n
ew c
ours
e, E
OS
C 4
42:
Clim
ate
Mea
sure
men
t an
d A
naly
sis,
bei
ng d
evel
oped
for
the
C
ombi
ned
Maj
ors
in S
cien
ce P
rogr
am,
is d
esig
ned
to
intr
oduc
e 2
00 s
tude
nts
a y
ear
to f
ield
an
d la
bora
tory
mea
sure
men
ts in
clim
ate
sci
ence
.
The
end
goa
l is
to
gen
erat
e a
tim
e s
erie
s r
ecor
d o
f lo
cal c
limat
e c
hang
e w
ith c
ontr
ibut
ions
m
ade
by
stu
dent
s in
this
cou
rse
.
It is
crit
ical
to h
ave
a w
ell-d
esig
ned
gui
de a
nd r
efer
ence
ava
ilabl
e to
the
stu
dent
s. T
o th
is e
nd
we
hop
e t
o d
evel
op a
dig
ital e
ncyc
lopa
edia
of
loca
l pla
nkto
n, r
efle
ctin
g s
easo
nal v
aria
bilit
y,
crea
ted
from
sam
ples
take
n a
t Jer
icho
pie
r (t
he c
lass
sam
plin
g s
ite).
Fun
ding
:
TLE
F
D
epar
tmen
t of E
arth
and
Oce
an S
cien
ces
Typi
cal p
hyto
plan
kton
com
posi
tion
durin
g sp
ring
Hig
h re
solu
tion
zoom
able
imag
es (
virt
ual s
lides
)
Eas
ily
acce
ssib
le
prof
iles
of th
e ~1
00 m
ost
com
mon
sp
ecie
s in
BC
Qui
ck
acce
ss to
ge
nera
l ov
ervi
ew
and
defin
ing
deta
ils fo
r in
-cla
ss
disc
ussi
on
Com
plet
e de
taile
d ta
xono
mic
and
ec
olog
ic, i
nfor
mat
ion
Ann
otat
ed h
igh
qual
ity im
ages
Pop
-up
glos
sary
fo
r te
chni
cal
term
s
Det
aile
d sp
ecie
s pr
ofile
s
Exp
ecte
d re
sults
•W
eb-b
ased
pho
togr
aphi
c g
uide
of
the
±10
0 m
ost
com
mon
spe
cies
in
Jer
icho
be
ach
•Com
plet
e
taxo
nom
ical
an
d
ecol
ogic
al
desc
riptio
n f
or e
ach
spe
cies
with
eas
y
acce
ss
to
the
in
form
atio
n
for
in-c
lass
di
scus
sion
•Em
bedd
ed g
loss
ary
for
tech
nica
l ter
ms
•Hig
h
reso
lutio
n
zoom
able
im
ages
of
ty
pica
l sea
sona
l com
posi
tion
•Sim
ple
dic
hoto
mou
s k
ey f
or c
omm
on
gene
ra
•At-
a-gl
ance
pho
togr
aphi
c c
olle
ctio
n f
or
fast
iden
tific
atio
n Obj
ectiv
es
Fac
ilita
te t
each
ing
and
out
reac
h a
ctiv
ities
on
phy
topl
ankt
on t
hrou
gh t
he c
reat
ion
of
an e
asy
to
use
dat
abas
e
1. P
rovi
de a
new
gui
de t
o lo
cal p
lank
ton
incl
udin
g c
ritic
al t
axon
omic
det
ails
and
iden
tifyi
ng
char
acte
ristic
s a
nd g
ener
al e
colo
gica
l inf
orm
atio
n
2.
Pro
vide
a
base
fo
r th
e
time
-ser
ies
da
ta
that
E
OS
C
442
stud
ents
w
ill
use
to
st
udy
en
viro
nmen
t ch
ange
on
long
tim
esca
les
(cl
imat
e c
hang
e),
inte
rmed
iate
tim
esca
les
(E
l Niñ
o),
or s
hort
-ter
m p
heno
men
a (
harm
ful b
loom
s, e
nviro
nmen
tal d
istu
rban
ces,
e.g
. oi
l spi
lls)
3. P
rovi
de a
n i
mag
e-b
ased
rec
ord
of
seas
onal
var
iabi
lity
in
our
loc
al o
cean
eco
logy
tha
t is
av
aila
ble
to th
e w
ider
uni
vers
ity c
omm
unity
and
the
pub
lic.
Par
ticip
ants
:
Tara
Ivan
ochk
o
Dav
id C
assi
s
Jade
Shi
ller
Gla
dys
Oka
Met
hods
•2
0µm
mes
h s
ize
net
•Sam
ples
at
Je
richo
be
ach
tw
ice
a w
eek
for
a fu
ll ye
ar
•Obs
erve
d u
nder
a N
ikon
80i
m
icro
scop
e
fitte
d
with
an
ad
vanc
ed 1
2Mp
cam
era
•Thi
s
stud
ent-
driv
en
proj
ect
coun
ts w
ith a
team
of g
radu
ate
an
d u
nder
gadu
ate
stu
dent
s
Ben
Moo
re-M
aley
Ade
n S
heik
Sam
Hua
ng
Dit
ylu
m b
rig
htw
ellii
C
erat
ium
fu
sus
Ast
erio
nel
la f
orm
osa
C
het
oce
ros
deb
ilis
Gu
inar
dia
del
icat
ula
Th
alas
sio
ssir
a ro
tula
