NEW COMPETITIVE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES, DE-FOA-0002989 ((SEA CO2) CONTROL #2989-1519 PROJECT TITLE: ''MONITORING, REPORTING AND VERIFICATION OF ZOOPLANKTON-MEDIATED EXPORT PATHWAYS FOR CARBON SEQUESTRATION'' WITH THIS PROJECT, THEY WILL DEVELOP A REGIONAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL THAT INCLUDES VERTICAL TRANSPORT OF CARBON VIA DVM AND OVM. USING OPTICAL DATASETS FROM EIGHT UNIQUE LOCATIONS, WE WILL GENERALIZE RELATIONSHIPS OF VERTICAL MIGRATION BEHAVIOR WITH ZOOPLANKTON SIZE AND TRANSPARENCY. THESE RELATIONSHIPS WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT A 1-D ZOOPLANKTON CARBON TRANSPORT MODEL THAT WILL INFORM DVM AND OVM PARAMETERIZATIONS IN A REALISTIC 3-D REGIONAL PHYSICAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODEL IDEALLY SUITED FOR MCDR APPLICATIONS (ROMS-MARBL).