{"id":226,"date":"2023-11-28T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T21:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/spot\/?page_id=226"},"modified":"2023-12-12T08:37:16","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:37:16","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/spot\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <h1>San Pedro Ocean Time-series (SPOT)<\/h1>\n<h2>The SPOT program conducts monthly research cruises and supports other research and education groups to participate.<\/h2>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-460 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/live-usc-dornsife.pantheonsite.io\/spot\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/374\/2023\/12\/untitled-7-13.jpg\" 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measured monthly by ship demonstrate low surface chlorophyll\u00a0<em>a<\/em>concentrations (&lt; 2 ug\/L) year-round. Relatively shallow mixing in winter (MLD max ~ 50 m) stimulates slight increases in Chlorophyll\u00a0<em>a<\/em>concentrations in spring. Depth of the deep chlorophyll\u00a0<em>a<\/em>\u00a0maximum varies seasonally (&lt;20-60 m), and the site is persistently hypoxic (&lt;1 mL\/L) below ~300 m down to the bottom of the San Pedro Basin (~890 m).<\/p>\n<div class=\"html-content lg-font\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n    \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--contact-details \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--contact-details\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n\n          <div class=\"header-container\">\n\n                      \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          Contact Details\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n        \n        \n      <\/div>\n    \n    \n      <div class=\"contacts-container\">\n\n        \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <h4>For inquiries about the SPOT program, please contact<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:spot-research@usc.edu\">spot-research@usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n                      <div class=\"contact-card\">\n\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <h4><strong>For specific questions about the monthly cruises, please contact Troy Gunderson <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n              \n              \n                              <div class=\"f--email\">\n                  <a href=\"mailto:tgunders@usc.edu\">tgunders@usc.edu<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              \n            <\/div>\n                    \n      <\/div>\n\n        \n     \n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":617,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-226","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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