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Liquid Jungle Laboratory, Panama
• Private research preserve and laboratory on
Pacific coast
• Pristine and impacted environments
• OLI acts as scientific advisor
• Opportunities to WHOI scientists for tropical marine
research
Liquid Jungle Lab location
Liquid Jungle Lab – Getting There
Panama City
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Liquid Jungle Lab – Getting There
Pacho
Woods Hole Building
• wet lab facility at
water’s edge
•1080 square feet, plus
lower level
• electricity, internet,
seawater system
• saltwater tanks, boat
access
• diving locker and
compressor
• sleeps 4, office/lab,
kitchen, bath
LJL Facilities
LJL Environment
Liquid Jungle Laboratory Modeling, Ji et al
Model Grid
Liquid Jungle Laboratory, PLUTO, Gallager et al.
Liquid Jungle Laboratory, PLUTO, Gallager et al.
Sea surface color shows high chlorophyll concentrations in the region
during the months when upwelling is strong.
study region
Liquid Jungle Laboratory Projects
Camilli, R., B. Bingham, and O. Pizarro.
Rapid Swath Mapping of Reef Ecology and Associated Water
Column Chemistry in the Gulf of Chiriquí, Panamá.
Carman, M., S. Molyneaux, and S.
Sievert.
Tropical ascidian communities in Panama-Pacific waters:
Structure of undisturbed communities and potentials for invasion.
Charette, M., and M. Gonneea.
Tropical Subterranean Estuaries and Their Role in Nutrient and
Metal Inputs to the Ocean.
Cohen, A., D. McCorkle, N. Shimizu, and
M. Holcomb.
*An Experimental Investigation of the Impact of Ocean
Acidification on Coral Calcification.
Gallager, S., and S. Lerner.
Bio-Physical Processes Controlling Plankton Community
Structure at Isla Canales de Tierra: Panama LJL Underwater
Tropical Observatory (PLUTO).
Thorrhold, S.
Are tropical mangroves key nursery areas for reef fish?
Ji, R., R. Beardsley, and R. Limeburner.
Modeling the Liquid Jungle: Biological-Physical Interactions in Isla
Canales de Tierra and nearby Bahia Honda Bay, Panama.
Pineda, J., V. Staczak, and B. White.
Ecology and hydrodynamics of a self-recruiting tropical population
Pineda, J., and V. Starczak. (Gyory, J.).
Accumulation of larvae and other zooplankton in internal tidal
fronts in the Pacific coast of Panama.
Valiela, I., Fox, S. et al.
Effects of deforestation and nutrient loading on tropical marine
habitats.
Liquid Jungle Laboratory Science Connections
Atmospheric Forcing
3D Hydrography & currents: Surveys & Modeling
Ji, Beardsley, Limeburner
Terrestrial
Estuarine
Rainforest
Pastures
Rivers
Groundwater
Mangroves
Larvae:
transport &
retention - Pineda
source - Thorrhold
Subterranean
chemistry - Charette
Marine
PLUTO 1-D time-series
Hydrography, currents,
plankton, fish - Gallager
Plankton surveys – Gallager
Chemistry surveys – Charette
Chemistry/coral surveys – Camilli
Ascidian surveys - Carmen
Terrestrial – Estuarine – Marine interactions: Effects of deforestation &
farming on eutrophication of marine environment - Valiela, Ji, Gallager