CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
1
Introduction to Frontiers in Ocean Observing: Marine Protected Areas, Western Boundary Currents,
and the Deep Sea
By E.S. Kappel
MODEL-BASED DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF OBSERVING NETWORKS
2
Model-Based Observing System Evaluation in a Western Boundary Current: Observation Impact from
the Coherent Jet to the Eddy Field
By C. Kerry, M. Roughan, S. Keating, and D. Gwyther
THE USE OF AUTONOMOUS TOOLS FOR ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT
AND MONITORING OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS
13 Glider Surveillance for Near-Real-Time Detection and Spatial Management of North Atlantic Right Whales
By K.L. Indeck, M.F. Baumgartner, L. Lecavalier, F. Whoriskey, D. Durette-Morin, N.R. Pettigrew, J.M. McSweeney,
L.H. Thorne, K.L. Gallagher, C.R. Edwards, E. Meyer-Gutbrod, and K.T.A. Davies
22 Observing Marine Heatwaves Using Ocean Gliders to Address Ecosystem Challenges Through a
Coordinated National Program
By J.A. Benthuysen, C. Pattiaratchi, C.M. Spillman, P. Govekar, H. Beggs, H. Bastos de Oliveira, A. Chandrapavan,
M. Feng, A.J. Hobday, N.J. Holbrook, F.R.A. Jaine, and A. Schaeffer
26 Monitoring Ocean Biology and Natural Resources Autonomously and Efficiently Using Underwater Gliders
By H. Broadbent, A. Silverman, R. Russell, G. Miller, S. Beckwith, E. Hughes, and C. Lembke
29 The Western Channel Observatory Automated Plankton Imaging and Classification System
By J.R. Clark, E.S. Fileman, J. Fishwick, S. Rühl, and C.E. Widdicombe
32 Collaborating with Marine Birds to Monitor the Physical Environment Within Coastal Marine
Protected Areas
By R.A. Orben, A. Peck-Richardson, A. Piggott, J. Lerczak, G. Wilson, J.C. Garwood, X. Liu, S.B. Muzaffar, A.D. Foster,
H.A. Naser, M. AlMusallami, T. Anker-Nilssen, J.P.Y. Arnould, M.L. Berumen, T. Cansse, S. Cárdenas-Alayza,
S. Christensen-Dalsgaard, A.Q. Khamis, T. Carpenter-Kling, N. Dehnhard, M. Dagys, A. Fayet, R.M. Forney, S. Garthe,
S.A. Hatch, M.E. Johns, M. Kim, K. Layton-Matthews, A.K. Lenske, G.T.W. McClelland, J. Morkūnas, A.O. Nasif,
G. Panagoda, J.-H. Park, V.R.A. Pimenta, F. Quintana, M.J. Rayner, T.K. Reiertsen, S.S. Seneviratne, M. van Toor,
P. Warzybok, E.A. Weideman, J. Yi, Y.-T. Yu, and C.B. Zavalaga
38 Ocean Gliders for Planning and Monitoring Remote Canadian Pacific Marine Protected Areas
By T. Ross, H.V. Dosser, J.M. Klymak, W. Evans, A. Hare, J.M. Jackson, and S. Waterman
41 Optical Sediment Trap for In Situ Monitoring of Sinking Marine Particles
By K. Simon, W. Slade, M. Estapa, O. Mikkelsen, and C. Pottsmith
44 Building Ocean Biodiversity Monitoring Capacity: Tracking Marine Animals with Acoustic Telemetry
and the Role of the Ocean Tracking Network
By F.G. Whoriskey