{"id":6672,"date":"2026-04-15T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T17:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/?page_id=6672"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:04:41","slug":"dispersal-and-connectivity-modeling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/lmrcsc\/dispersal-and-connectivity-modeling\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispersal and Connectivity Modeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Program, Project, or Expedition Name:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dispersal and Connectivity Modeling of Toxoplasma gondii<\/em> in the main Hawaiian Islands<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Data Link:\u00a0https:\/\/github.com\/jwongala\/Toxo_Model_Setup_WongAla2025<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Institution<\/strong><\/td>LMRCSC, OSU<\/td><\/tr>
Principal Investigator<\/strong><\/td>Lorenzo Ciannelli | lorenzo.ciannelli@oregonstate.edu<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Funding Agency\/Contract #<\/strong><\/td>National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (NSF#1840998) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Education Educational Partner ship Program award (numbers NA16SEC4810007 & NA21SEC48 10005)<\/td><\/tr>
Collection Start Date<\/strong><\/td>10\/2020<\/td><\/tr>
Objectives of Data Collection Effort<\/strong><\/td>I produced data from the particle tracking model runs to simulate the transport of the parasite T. gondii<\/em> in the waters surrounding the main Hawaiian Islands. The output is latitude, longitude, temperature, salinity, depth, u velocity, v velocity, w velocity, time, and age.<\/td><\/tr>
Collection End Date<\/strong><\/td>09\/2025<\/td><\/tr>
Data Collectors Identifying Numbers<\/strong><\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Ship or Other Platform Name<\/strong><\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Geographic Location [Latitude(s)\/longitude(s)]<\/strong><\/td>main Hawaiian Islands ROMS domain<\/td><\/tr>
Units<\/strong><\/td>decimal degrees, Celsius, Practical Salinity Units (PSU), meters, meters per second, and seconds<\/td><\/tr>
Data Parameters<\/strong><\/td>latitude, longitude, temperature, salinity, depth, u velocity, v velocity, w velocity, time, and age<\/td><\/tr>
Precision<\/strong><\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Observation Methodology<\/strong><\/td>This is all model output from a Lagrangian particle tracking model<\/td><\/tr>
Instrument\/Gear  Identification of Description<\/strong><\/td>This is all model output from a Lagrangian particle tracking model<\/td><\/tr>
Analysis Methodology<\/strong><\/td>4th Order Runge-Kutta, continuity equation, Stoke’s Law<\/td><\/tr>
Data Processing\/<\/strong> Reduction Methodology<\/strong><\/td>Data was calculated based on time of particle in the model, year, and initial model conditions<\/td><\/tr>
Explanations of Data Quality Flags<\/strong><\/td>N\/A<\/td><\/tr>
Citations of Relevant Publications and Grey Literature<\/strong><\/td>Wong-Ala, J., Wren, J., Robinson, S., Barbieri, M., Rykaczewski, R., Kobayashi, D., & Ciannelli, L. (2025). Differences in connectivity and transport of Toxoplasma gondii in marine environments due to sensitivity in model setup. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 772, 103-122.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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