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RV Pelagia PE344
Cruise plan
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | RV Pelagia (64PE) |
Cruise identifier | PE344 |
Cruise period | 2011-09-01 — 2011-09-25 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | Het Horntje, Netherlands |
Port of return | Het Horntje, Netherlands |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Previous data sets show that pH in the North Sea is highly variable and dynamic and that the region is acidifying faster than global ocean models have predicted. It is therefore essential that additional data are gathered to further elucidate whether acidification of the North Sea is indeed occurring at a high rate. In order to achieve this, the following detailed investigations are necessary (1) the spatial and temporal patterns of pH in the North Sea at a basin-wide scale using high quality methodologies adopted by the international CO2 research community; (2) the biogeochemical mechanisms governing the pH in North Sea waters, particularly the balance between production and respiration, inputs and generation of alkalinity and the role of sediments. |
Chief scientist | Elizabeth Jones (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) |
NPRC | (0.08 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North Sea |