Oosterschelde, the Netherlands (June 1996); Knebel Vig, Denmark (June 1997); Punto de Fenals, Spain (June 1998)

Macroalgae and seagrass taxonomy-related counts; Mineralogical composition; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Wave direction; Mineral chemistry; Sediment grain size parameters; Zooplankton dry weight biomass per unit volume of the water column; Salinity of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Nutrient fluxes between the bed and the water column; Temperature of the water column; Concentration of suspended particulate material in the water column; Raw suspended particulate material concentration sensor output; Sediment water content, porosity and surface area; Wave height and period statistics; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; Geological sample density; Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Microzooplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies

Current profilers; discrete water samplers; particulates samplers; unconsolidated sediment corers; CTD

PhaSE was a research project funded by the European Commission in the framework of the MAST III Programme. The aim was to study the interactions between physical forcing functions like wind, solar energy and tidal energy and biogeochemical fluxes in shallow coastal waters and to upscale from processes studied to a general integrated coastal zone model.

Netherlands Institute for Ecology, Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology
Korringaweg 7
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Netherlands