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37th session of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects
... Support for GESAMP: With the welcome support for GESAMP by the Swedish Government in the period 2006-2010 having come to an end, GESAMP is moving into a new phase. Although finding structural support for GESAMP activities is still desirable, a more projectbased way of working, including fund raising ...
... Support for GESAMP: With the welcome support for GESAMP by the Swedish Government in the period 2006-2010 having come to an end, GESAMP is moving into a new phase. Although finding structural support for GESAMP activities is still desirable, a more projectbased way of working, including fund raising ...
01 WGMS - Report of the Working Group on Marine Sediments in
... In order to progress towards generating a dataset suitable for use in deriving assessment criteria, a database of papers had been established on the web-based citation manager www.mendeley.com. Papers suitable for use in establishing Environmental Assessment Criteria have been being added to this. I ...
... In order to progress towards generating a dataset suitable for use in deriving assessment criteria, a database of papers had been established on the web-based citation manager www.mendeley.com. Papers suitable for use in establishing Environmental Assessment Criteria have been being added to this. I ...
Report - Marine sustainability in an age of changing oceans and seas
... Impact assessment and maritime spatial planning (iv) We recommend an integrated implementation of the MSFD, the marine spatial planning directive and nature directives that provides for coordinated planning and management of the seascape. Spatial and operational management of activities should be b ...
... Impact assessment and maritime spatial planning (iv) We recommend an integrated implementation of the MSFD, the marine spatial planning directive and nature directives that provides for coordinated planning and management of the seascape. Spatial and operational management of activities should be b ...
Marine sustainability in an age of changing oceans and seas
... Impact assessment and maritime spatial planning (iv) We recommend an integrated implementation of the MSFD, the marine spatial planning directive and nature directives that provides for coordinated planning and management of the seascape. Spatial and operational management of activities should be b ...
... Impact assessment and maritime spatial planning (iv) We recommend an integrated implementation of the MSFD, the marine spatial planning directive and nature directives that provides for coordinated planning and management of the seascape. Spatial and operational management of activities should be b ...
(2012) Marine microbial diversity and its role in ecosystem
... marine microbial diversity research with specific reference to ecosystem functioning, biogeochemical cycling and environmental change; (iii) provide recommendations to guide European research in the medium-term (to 2020) to substantially increase our knowledge of marine microbial diversity and its r ...
... marine microbial diversity research with specific reference to ecosystem functioning, biogeochemical cycling and environmental change; (iii) provide recommendations to guide European research in the medium-term (to 2020) to substantially increase our knowledge of marine microbial diversity and its r ...
Applications of Geophysical Information to the Design of a
... coasts of Tasmania and adjacent to New South Wales, with a broad shelf formed by Bass Strait and the Lacepede Shelf adjacent to South Australia (Figure 1). The shelf is locally as narrow as 10 km, adjacent to Cape Pillar and South West Cape. A dominant feature of the southeast shelf area is Bass Str ...
... coasts of Tasmania and adjacent to New South Wales, with a broad shelf formed by Bass Strait and the Lacepede Shelf adjacent to South Australia (Figure 1). The shelf is locally as narrow as 10 km, adjacent to Cape Pillar and South West Cape. A dominant feature of the southeast shelf area is Bass Str ...
Cenozoic mass extinctions in the deep sea
... thought to be devoid of life (Wyville Thomson, 1873), but in the early 1840s the Antarctic expedition of James Clarke Ross on the Erebus found indications that life existed there. Convincing evidence emerged during the Lightning and Porcupine expeditions in the late 1860s (Wyville Thomson, 1873), wh ...
... thought to be devoid of life (Wyville Thomson, 1873), but in the early 1840s the Antarctic expedition of James Clarke Ross on the Erebus found indications that life existed there. Convincing evidence emerged during the Lightning and Porcupine expeditions in the late 1860s (Wyville Thomson, 1873), wh ...
DRAGONESS_D1.2
... observation well position of Xiaomaidao is relatively fixed, for many years the vicissitude has not been big. The meteorological observation field is located at the middle of Xiaomaidao in the commanding point, altitude above sea level 29.8m.There’s no big building and the woods influence around the ...
... observation well position of Xiaomaidao is relatively fixed, for many years the vicissitude has not been big. The meteorological observation field is located at the middle of Xiaomaidao in the commanding point, altitude above sea level 29.8m.There’s no big building and the woods influence around the ...
UNOLS Booth at 2014 Ocean Sciences Conference Program
... The purpose of the American Geophysical Union is to promote discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. AGU galThe meeting includes over 3,000 oral and poster presentations plus vanizes a community of Earth and space scientists that collaboratively plenary talks. Plenaries have ...
... The purpose of the American Geophysical Union is to promote discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. AGU galThe meeting includes over 3,000 oral and poster presentations plus vanizes a community of Earth and space scientists that collaboratively plenary talks. Plenaries have ...
MOON Science and Strategy plan
... the basin are partly regulated by atmospheric inputs (Krom et al, 2004) and river loading (Crispi and Crise, 2002). Half of the Mediterranean coastal areas are connected to open ocean biogeochemical cycles and microbial loop dynamics can be as important as the herbivorous food web dynamics in both c ...
... the basin are partly regulated by atmospheric inputs (Krom et al, 2004) and river loading (Crispi and Crise, 2002). Half of the Mediterranean coastal areas are connected to open ocean biogeochemical cycles and microbial loop dynamics can be as important as the herbivorous food web dynamics in both c ...
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... wind stress with winds from say the SW are going to enhance the shallower slope current in the winter where the slope takes that orientation, eg Ireland to Shetland. Just as a west wind will enhance flow along the north coast of Spain and a SW wind will help both Portugal and Spain (as in your fig 1 ...
... wind stress with winds from say the SW are going to enhance the shallower slope current in the winter where the slope takes that orientation, eg Ireland to Shetland. Just as a west wind will enhance flow along the north coast of Spain and a SW wind will help both Portugal and Spain (as in your fig 1 ...
Presence of Prochlorococcus in the aphotic waters
... cycling of the global ocean. As a phototroph, Prochlorococcus is thought to be confined to the euphotic zone, with commonly observed maximum depths of ∼ 150–200 m, but here we show for the first time the substantial presence of Prochlorococcus populations in the dark ocean (“deep Prochlorococcus” he ...
... cycling of the global ocean. As a phototroph, Prochlorococcus is thought to be confined to the euphotic zone, with commonly observed maximum depths of ∼ 150–200 m, but here we show for the first time the substantial presence of Prochlorococcus populations in the dark ocean (“deep Prochlorococcus” he ...
Currents in Haida Eddies
... Measurements by a variety of sensors provided details of flow in Haida Eddies, which are anticyclonic, mesoscale features that move slowly westward through the eastern Gulf of Alaska. These measurements provided the best comparison and analysis to date of mesoscale eddy currents by various ship- and ...
... Measurements by a variety of sensors provided details of flow in Haida Eddies, which are anticyclonic, mesoscale features that move slowly westward through the eastern Gulf of Alaska. These measurements provided the best comparison and analysis to date of mesoscale eddy currents by various ship- and ...
Western Indian Ocean
... understood in the sense of ‘biotope,’ which comprises the abiotic3 characteristics of a site and the associated biological community. In simple terms, a habitat is where an animal or plant species lives (including migratory routes), feeds (e.g., foraging sites) and reproduces (e.g., breeding, spawni ...
... understood in the sense of ‘biotope,’ which comprises the abiotic3 characteristics of a site and the associated biological community. In simple terms, a habitat is where an animal or plant species lives (including migratory routes), feeds (e.g., foraging sites) and reproduces (e.g., breeding, spawni ...
Evaluation of Satellite Retrievals of Chlorophyll-a in the
... measurements in the Arabian Gulf is a prerequisite to effectively inferring marine primary productivity (or phytoplankton biomass) using remote-sensing information [16]. This is particularly important for regions such as the Gulf that embrace areas that are classified as optically complex Case II wa ...
... measurements in the Arabian Gulf is a prerequisite to effectively inferring marine primary productivity (or phytoplankton biomass) using remote-sensing information [16]. This is particularly important for regions such as the Gulf that embrace areas that are classified as optically complex Case II wa ...
Key Issues on the Commercial Development of Deep Seabed
... metallic elements in the crust. They are dissolved into the seawater infiltrating under the seabed and are turned into hydrothermal water in reaction to high temperatures and pressure by volcanic rocks under the plate rift and spreading center axis which gushing up to the seabed along the rift and s ...
... metallic elements in the crust. They are dissolved into the seawater infiltrating under the seabed and are turned into hydrothermal water in reaction to high temperatures and pressure by volcanic rocks under the plate rift and spreading center axis which gushing up to the seabed along the rift and s ...
State of the Marine Environment Report for the
... – 1,117 km3, and in 2011 – 1,205 km3 that is rather stable. The Changjiang (Yangtze) River provides 80% of the region’s river flow. If the Changjiang and Songhua Rivers (a tributary of the Amur River) are excluded, annual river flow could be about 177 km3. All rivers have peak runoff during summer s ...
... – 1,117 km3, and in 2011 – 1,205 km3 that is rather stable. The Changjiang (Yangtze) River provides 80% of the region’s river flow. If the Changjiang and Songhua Rivers (a tributary of the Amur River) are excluded, annual river flow could be about 177 km3. All rivers have peak runoff during summer s ...
magnitude - Ministry of Earth Sciences
... Inherent Optical Profiler (IOP) were used in this observational campaign. The second very high-resolution operational ocean forecasting system was setup for the south-eastern Arabian Sea, now covering for the entire west coast of India, as part of the ongoing High-resolution Operational Ocean Foreca ...
... Inherent Optical Profiler (IOP) were used in this observational campaign. The second very high-resolution operational ocean forecasting system was setup for the south-eastern Arabian Sea, now covering for the entire west coast of India, as part of the ongoing High-resolution Operational Ocean Foreca ...
Abstracts - Australian Marine Sciences Association
... Documenting the response of phytoplankton to climate will aid prediction of changes in marine systems. There are few long-term datasets in the Southern Hemisphere, hampering our understanding of ecosystem response to climate. Here we build a database of phytoplankton species occurrences off the Aust ...
... Documenting the response of phytoplankton to climate will aid prediction of changes in marine systems. There are few long-term datasets in the Southern Hemisphere, hampering our understanding of ecosystem response to climate. Here we build a database of phytoplankton species occurrences off the Aust ...
MEPC.171(57) - International Maritime Organization
... Pinnacle at French Frigate Shoals, this creates favourable conditions for the growth of other species (Maragos and Gulko 2002). 1.3.4 The ecological processes of the NWHI depend on more than just its coral reefs. Beyond the banks and steep slopes, between 1,640 and 14,000 feet, the ocean floor level ...
... Pinnacle at French Frigate Shoals, this creates favourable conditions for the growth of other species (Maragos and Gulko 2002). 1.3.4 The ecological processes of the NWHI depend on more than just its coral reefs. Beyond the banks and steep slopes, between 1,640 and 14,000 feet, the ocean floor level ...
Copepod carcasses in the ocean. I. Over seamounts
... the cod end was not an important source of carcasses. In addition, Genin et al. (1995) gently sampled copepods around coral reefs with diver-controlled nets and rapid, careful preservation a few minutes after collection. The carcasses in these samples, obviously not a result of net damage or cod end ...
... the cod end was not an important source of carcasses. In addition, Genin et al. (1995) gently sampled copepods around coral reefs with diver-controlled nets and rapid, careful preservation a few minutes after collection. The carcasses in these samples, obviously not a result of net damage or cod end ...
A proposed biogeography of the deep ocean floor
... Zezina (1997) reviewed the distributional studies of the bathyal fauna, but mainly classified bathyal regions according to the distributions of brachiopods. She considered the bathyal fauna to be divisible into four main latitudinal climatic belts: (1) those corresponding to the distributional limits ...
... Zezina (1997) reviewed the distributional studies of the bathyal fauna, but mainly classified bathyal regions according to the distributions of brachiopods. She considered the bathyal fauna to be divisible into four main latitudinal climatic belts: (1) those corresponding to the distributional limits ...
The Mean Age of Ocean Waters Inferred from Radiocarbon
... an age, or elapsed time since contact with the surface, of 700–1000 yr. Numerical models suggest ages twice as old. Here, the authors present an inverse framework to determine the mean age and its upper and lower bounds given Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) radiocarbon observations, and ...
... an age, or elapsed time since contact with the surface, of 700–1000 yr. Numerical models suggest ages twice as old. Here, the authors present an inverse framework to determine the mean age and its upper and lower bounds given Global Ocean Data Analysis Project (GLODAP) radiocarbon observations, and ...
Ecosystem of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre
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The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG) is the largest contiguous ecosystem on earth. In oceanography, a subtropical gyre is a ring-like system of ocean currents rotating clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern Hemisphere caused by the Coriolis Effect. They generally form in large open ocean areas that lie between land masses.The NPSG is the largest of the gyres as well as the largest ecosystem on our planet. Like other subtropical gyres, it has a high-pressure zone in its center. Circulation around the center is clockwise around this high-pressure zone. Subtropical gyres make up 40% of the Earth’s surface and play critical roles in carbon fixation and nutrient cycling. This particular gyre covers most of the Pacific Ocean and comprises four prevailing ocean currents: the North Pacific Current to the north, the California Current to the east, the North Equatorial Current to the south, and the Kuroshio Current to the west. Its large size and distance from shore has caused the NPSG to be poorly sampled and thus poorly understood.The life processes in open-ocean ecosystems are a sink for the atmosphere’s increasing CO2. Gyres make up a large proportion, approximately 75%, of what we refer to as the open ocean, or the area of the ocean that does not consist of coastal areas. They are considered oligotrophic, or nutrient poor because they are far from terrestrial runoff. These regions were once thought to be homogenous and static habitats. However, there is increasing evidence that the NPSG exhibits substantial physical, chemical, and biological variability on a variety of time scales. Specifically, the NPSG exhibits seasonal and interannual variations in primary productivity (simply defined as the production of new plant material), which is important for the uptake of CO2.The NPSG is not only a sink for CO2 in the atmosphere, but also other pollutants. As a direct result of this circular pattern, gyres act like giant whirlpools and become traps for anthropogenic pollutants, such as marine debris. The NPSG has become recognized for the large quantity of plastic debris floating just below the surface in the center of the gyre. This area has recently received a lot of media attention and is commonly referred to as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.