Velocity and Direction of Ocean Currents at Various Depths Through the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea

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.

Major: 
Biology
Exhibition Category: 
Course-Based
Exhibition Format: 
Poster Presentation
Campus: 
University Park
Faculty Sponsor: 
Dr. Monica Medina
Poster Number: 
116