Gulf of California long-term sampling program

GOCAL was an internationally coordinated long-term sampling program in the Gulf of California, designed to examine the temporal and spatial variability in the biogeochemical properties of the region. This program includes Drs. S. Alvarez Borrego, R. Lara Lara, G. Gaxiola and H. Maske from the Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Secondaria de Ensenada (CICESE), Ensenada, Mexico, Dr. E. Valdez from the University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Mexico, Drs. J Mueller and C. Trees of San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, Dr. Ron Zaneveld, Dr. Scott Pegau, and Andrew Barnard, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. Components of this program were funded by the NASA SIMBIOS initiative