HOE-Legacy 2A/2B cruise, Seaglider 146, Mission 11

The overall goal of the HOE-Legacy 2 cruises were to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the diel patterns in phytoplankton physiology and biogeochemical cycling in near-surface waters of the oligotrophic North Pacific Ocean. Such diel patterns in ecology are particularly relevant in biological oceanographic research where the planktonic biomass turns over on timescales of days.HOE-Legacy 2科考航次的总体目标为，对贫营养北太平洋近表层海域内浮游植物(phytoplankton)的生理特性与生物地球化学循环(biogeochemical cycling)的昼夜变化模式开展系统性全面分析。此类生态学中的昼夜变化模式，在浮游生物量以日时间尺度进行周转的生物海洋学研究中具有尤为重要的研究价值。