| General info | |
| Project title | Physical-Biological Control of New Production within the Seasonal Thermocline |
| Project acronym | Season_thermocline_prod_contr |
| Begin date | 2003-04-01 |
| End date | 2006-03-31 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coverage | The Celtic Sea and immediately adjacent North-west European shelf edge |
| Description | |
| Abstract | The main aim of this research is to investigate the generation and dissipation of turbulence in the thermocline, and to quantify how the resulting mixing (supplying nutrients and controlling the light experienced by the algae) affects the growth of phytoplankton within the sub-surface chlorophyll maximum (SCM). |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
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| Country of Coordinator | United Kingdom |
| Contact name | Dr. Jonathan Sharples |
| Contact organisation | National Oceanography Centre (Liverpool)
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| Phone | +44 (0) 151 795 4863 |
| Fax | +44 (0)151 795 4801 |
| Email | js1@pol.ac.uk |
| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 11657 |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre
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| Latest update | 2011-01-21 |
