Seamounts of the Central Pacific: A study of the Effects of Upwelling and Taylor Columns on the Thermocline and Phytoplankton Abundance at Pensacola, Seadragon, and Spike Seamounts

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Abstract: Researching the effects seamounts have on their surrounding environment is essential to further understanding our vast oceans, as well as fostering the protection of fisheries in surrounding regions. Given their abundance, specifically on the Pacific Ocean basin, these insufficiently researched benthic features need exploration. Seamounts have been found to influence localized biota and current patterns, however, the question remains as to how shallow they must be to cause these changes. In this study, three seamounts were chosen of varying depths from the surface for comparisons relating current patterns, thermoclines, and phytoplankton abundance. We used methods involving transecting over the seamounts to collect necessary data. Our group hypothesized that seamounts at shallower depths from the surface cause greater phytoplankton abundance in the overlying water column. After analysis, we have found that our data sets constrain the testing of our hypothesis, therefore we are unable to make conclusions.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 9, 2003

Subject	seamounts
Subject	current patterns
Subject	thermoclines
Subject	phytoplankton abundance
Subject	S-187
Subject	Stanford@SEA
Subject	Hopkins Marine Station
Subject	Department of Biology
Subject	Department of Earth System Science
Subject	BIOHOPK 182H
Subject	BIOHOPK 323H
Subject	EARTHSYS 323
Subject	ESS 323
Genre	Student project report

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/pz096fn6930

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Preferred Citation: Dunn, S., Bartlett, R. and Eilbacher, E. 2003. Seamounts of the Central Pacific: A study of the Effects of Upwelling and Taylor Columns on the Thermocline and Phytoplankton Abundance at Pensacola, Seadragon, and Spike Seamounts. Unpublished student research paper, S-187, Stanford@SEA, Stanford Digital Repository. https://purl.stanford.edu/pz096fn6930

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