OMEX II-II 1997 - 2000 : First Annual Science Report

OMEX II-II First Annual Science Report

The early OMEX II-II results have been written up into an internal First Annual Science Report that has been submitted to the EC.   The separate papers within this report are restricted to OMEX II-II project scientists and the officers of the European Commission.  The papers are made available below in Acrobat pdf format.  Please feel free to contact the primary authors of the papers for further information.  Many details contained in the report will be published in peer reviewed journals.

 

  

Executive Summaries of Scientific Achievements

  

Management Reports

  

Individual Science Reports of Partners

  

Annexes

 

Executive Summaries of Scientific Achievements


Work Package I:
Temporal evolution of surface production and fate of organic matter.
Paul Wassmann.
Norwegian College of Fishery Science - University of Troms - Norway

Work Package II:
Spatial and Seasonal Fluxes & Biogeochemical Processes in the Water Column
Peter H. Burkill
Plymouth Marine Laboratory - CCMS - United Kingdom

Work Package III:
Fluxes and Processes in Nepheloid Layers and Surface Sediments.
Tjeerd C.E. van Weering
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - The Netherlands

Work Package IV:
Integrated Margin-Exchange Product.
John M. Huthnance
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory - CCMS - UK

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Management Reports


Work Package I:
Temporal evolution of surface production and fate of organic matter.
Paul Wassmann.
Norwegian College of Fishery Science - University of Troms - Norway

Work Package II:
Spatial and Seasonal Fluxes & Biogeochemical Processes in the Water Column.
Peter H. Burkill
Plymouth Marine Laboratory - CCMS - United Kingdom

Work Package III:
Fluxes and Processes in Nepheloid Layers and Surface Sediments.
Tjeerd C.E. van Weering
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research - The Netherlands

Work Package IV:
Integrated Margin-Exchange Product.
John M. Huthnance
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory - CCMS - UK

Work Package V:
Project Management and Co-ordination
Roland Wollast and Lei Chou
Universit Libre de Bruxelles - Belgium

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Individual Scientific Reports of Partners


Transfer and fluxes of elements in relation with the carbon cycle in the Iberian upwelling margin.
Wollast R., Chou L., Dotansi K.T., Loijens M., Roevros N. and Dufour O.
Universit Libre de Bruxelles

Hydrography, current and turbulence moorings and SPM modelling.
Huthnance J. M., Amin M., Davies A.M., Humphery J.D. and Xing J.
Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory

Suspended matter, aggregation potential, faecal pellet production and vertical flux.
Wassmann P.
Universitetet i Troms

The role of zooplankton in the flux of carbon at the NW Shelf of Spain.
Tande K.S. and Halvorsen E.
Universitetet i Troms

Pigment biomarkers and dissolved organic matter fluxes.
Gibb S.W., Miller A.E.J. and Mantoura R.F.C.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Part A: Phytoplankton pigment biogeochemistry across the Iberian shelf.
Gibb S.W., Cummings D.G. and Mantoura R.F.C.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Part B: Dissolved organic matter fluxes at the Iberian margin.
Miller A.E.J. and Spyres G.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Microzooplankton distribution, biomass and herbivory at the Iberian margin.
Edwards E. and Burkill P.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Primary, new and size fractionation primary production.
Joint I., Pomroy A. and Rees A.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Remote sensing in OMEX II - II.
Miller P., Groom S., Smyth T. and Lavender S.
Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Benthic boundary layer forcing on Iberian margin particle fluxes and accumulation.
van Weering T.C.E. and de Stigter H.C.
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Water mass analysis of the North-West Iberian ocean Margin.
van Aken H.
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Carbon and nitrogen mineralisation in sediments underlying an upwelling region: The Iberian continental margin.
Lohse L., Helder W. and Epping E.H.G.
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Megafauna, community respiration, phytopigments and bottom features off NW Spain.
Lavaleye M.S.S., Duineveld G.C.A., Berghuis E.M.
Netherlands Institute for Sea Research

Lagrangian observations, filament transport and budgets.
Barton E.D. and Torres R.
University of Wales - Bangor

Turbulent dissipation measurements.
Sherwin T. and Inall M.
University of Wales - Bangor

Shelf slope observations.
White M.
National University of Ireland - Galway

Water mass dynamics at the Northwest Iberian margin.
Vitorino J.P.N. and Coelho E.F.
Instituto Hidrogrfico (IHa)

Particulate fluxes and sediment dynamics on the Northwest Iberian margin.
Rodrigues A.
Instituto Hidrogrfico (IHb)

Modelling air-sea exchange of carbon dioxide.
Larsen S. E., Kjeld J. F. and Geernaert L.-L. S.
Ris National Laboratory

Modelling the circulation off Iberian peninsula.
Neves R., Coelho H., dos Santos A., Martins H., Leito P., Miranda R., Martins F. and Montero P.
Instituto Superior Tcnico

Continuous Plankton Recorder measurements at the Iberian margin.
Batten S.D.
SAHFOS

Nutrients, phytoplankton and photosynthesis-irradiance relationships.
Alvarez-Salgado X.A., Figueiras F.G., Lorenzo L.M., Tilstone G.H.
Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas

Bacterioplankton processes at the Iberian shelf.
Galvo H.M., Barbosa A. and Rocha C.S.
Universidade do Algarve

Characterisation of the Minho and Galicia shelf sedimentary cover.
Dias A., Boski1 T. and Arajo F.
Universidade do Algarve

Ecological modelling - formulation of the pelagic model.
Soetaert K., Herman P.M.J., Middelburg J.J.
NIOO

Macrobenthic community structure in relation to sediment composition at the Iberian Margin.
Flach E., Heip C. and Sandee A.
NIOO

Mesozooplankton abundance, biomass and processing.
Lampitt R., Hirst A.
Southampton Oceanography Centre

Particle characterisation and flux at the Iberian Margin.
Antia A.N. and Peinert R.
Institut fr Meereskunde

3D nested model for the Galician Shelf: Ecological response and interannual variation in the carbon export.
Slagstad D.
SINTEF

Role of crustacean and gelatinous zooplankton on regeneration processes in the Iberian upwelling region.
Anadn R., Acua J. L., Alvarez F., Isla A. and Lpez-Urrutia A.
Universidad de Oviedo

Part A: Mesozooplankton respiration and excretion during the CD-110 leg B cruise.
Isla de la Roz A. and Anadn R.
Universidad de Oviedo

Part B: A simple, seagoing method to determine gut passage time in an appendicularian.
Lpez-Urrutia . and Acua J.L.
Universidad de Oviedo

Size-fractionated planktonic nitrogen regeneration in the Iberian upwelling region.
Bode A., Varela M. and Gonzlez N.
Instituto Espaol de Oceanografa

DOC production rates by plankton.
Fernndez E., Barciela R., Paz M.J.
Universidad de Vigo

Preliminary results of the distribution of the partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) and related parameters off the Galician coast, in summer 1997 and winter 1998.
Frankignoulle M., Borges A. and Dotansi K.T.
Universit de Lige

New and regenerated production at the Iberian margin - results of the Belgica BG9714 cruise.
Elskens M., Brion N., de Galand S. and Goeyens L.
Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Acquisition of stable carbon isotope and other tracer data.
Keir R. and Rehder G.
GEOMAR

Part A: BBL characteristics at the Iberian sea transect.
Thomsen L.
GEOMAR

Part B: Microbial studies of aggregate dynamics in the benthic boundary layer.
Witzel K.-P., Ritzrau W.
Max-Planck Institute of Limnology

Preliminary results of on going sedimentation on fine grained sediments of the Northern Portuguese shelf.
Jouanneau J.M. and Weber O.
Universit Bordeaux I / CNRS

Sedimentation processes and history under the northern Iberian upwelling system.
Hall I.R., McCave I.N. and Bao R.
University of Cambridge

Part A: Seasonal fluxes and processes in the water column.
Reyss J.L., Schmidt S.
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement - (ex. CFR)

Part B: Sediment reworking rates, multitracer approach.
Reyss J.L., Schmidt S. and Baisnee D.
Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement - (ex. CFR)

Vertical profiles of P, Fe, Mn, AVS and trace elements in sediment cores off Porto.
Madureira M.J., Vale C. and Falco M.
IPIMAR

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Annexes


Annex I:
Report of WP1 Workshop - Lisbon, 26-28 April 1998
Paul Wassmann.
Norwegian College of Fishery Science - University of Troms - Norway

Annex II:
Second Scientific Steering Committee Meeting - Brussels, 22-23 June 1998
Lei Chou and Bernard Avril
Universit Libre de Bruxelles - Belgium

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