Tyler R Harpster and Edley Edwards
An Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler was used to determine velocity and direction of ocean currents, which play an important role in the distribution of ocean heat/particles and navigation, as well as diel vertical migration of plankton in the water column. We found a western current traveling through the S. Atlantic ocean as well as in the N. Caribbean Sea. We found evidence of diel vertical migration down to a depth of 600 meters.