Science Robotics

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• Section S1. Method for computing average profiles of physical, chemical, and bio-optical conditions at Station ALOHA.
• Section S2. Method for computing statistical summaries from profiles of chloropigment and particulate beam attenuation coefficient from shipboard CTD rosette measurements.
• Section S3. Methods for ship-based current velocity measurement and comparison with drift velocities.
• Section S4. Methods for shipboard sampling for RNA analysis.
• Section S5. Methods for RNA extraction from shipboard and ESP samples.
• Section S6. Methods for shipboard sampling for conventional and imaging flow cytometry and statistical analysis.
• Section S7. Methods for sea-surface PAR measurement and statistical analysis.
• Fig. S1. Ship-based characterization of the DCM.
• Fig. S2. Lagrangian drift velocities.
• Fig. S3. Vertical variation of horizontal current speed.
• Fig. S4. Water-column biomass characterization.
• Fig. S5. Localization of the DCM followed by Lagrangian drift within the DCM.
• References (75, 76)

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