TITLE:     PALMER LTER: ROZE Sampling of the Hydrography and Optics 
	   over the Palmer Grid During the 1991/92 LTER Field Season
AUTHOR:    Raymond C. Smith, Karen S. Baker, Phil Handley, Tim Newberger
Palmer LTER Contribution #11

The linkages between different trophic levels is a key focus of the 
Palmer LTER.  Seabirds, Adelie Penguins and South Polar Skuas
(Fraser Trivelpiece Houston Patterson 1991), were selected to represent 
upper-trophic level predators and our study site includes the breeding 
areas of these birds near Palmer Station.  A fixed set of sampling 
stations (Palmer Grid), within the small boat range of Palmer Station, 
were established in order to provide high resolution time series data 
in the immediate area of the LTER predator field and to provide 
sampling linkage with cruise observations on the larger scale PalLTER 
Peninsula Grid (Waters Smith 1991 ltergrid, Smith Baker Hwang Menzies 
Waters 1991).  Our objective was to obtain higher resolution physical, 
optical, chemical and biological observations, comparable with ship 
observations, on the Palmer Grid.