North Sea Nutrients (1986-1992)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom  |
| Time period | From May 1986 to February 1992 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | North Sea |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Electrical conductivity of the water column; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Salinity of the water column; Temperature of the water column; Radioactivity in water bodies; Stable isotopes in water bodies; Zooplankton taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column; Zooplankton non taxonomy-related biomass expressed as nitrogen per unit volume of the water column; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column; Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies |
| Instruments | Nutrient analysers; discrete water samplers; mass spectrometers; liquid scintillation counters; CTD undulators; CTD; satellite positioning systems |
| Description | |
| Summary | The data set comprises a set of nine cruises following a track covering the whole of the North Sea. Continuous underway measurements were made and station work carried out at intervals. Productivity data (from 15N and 14C incubations), chlorophylls and carbon-hydrogen-nitrogen analyses are available for five cruises (January, April and August 1990, April 1991, February 1992). |
| Originators | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| References | Woodward, E.M.S. and Owens, N.J.P (1990) Nutrient depletion studies in offshore North Sea areas., Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 25(1-2): 57-63.; Owens, Woodward, Rees and Law. (1989) Fate of fertilizer Nitrogen in marine waters, DoE contract PECD 7/7/195. Final Report 1989. PML report.; Owens et al (1992) Nutrient inputs and phytoplankton blooms in the North Sea (PECD 7/8/142) April 1991 - March 1992., ; Joint, I., Woodward, E.M.S., and Rees, A. P. (1994) Nutrient inputs and phytoplankton blomms in the North Sea (PECD 7/8/142) April 1990 - March 1993. Final report., ; Owens, N.J.P., Woodward, E. M. S., Aiken, J. , Bellan, I. E. and Rees, A. P. (1990) Primary production and nitrogen assimilation in the North sea during July 1987., Netherlands Journal of Sea Research, 25(1-2): 143-154. |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Availability | By negotiation |
| Contact | The Director |
| Address | Plymouth Marine Laboratory |
| Telephone | +44 1752 633100 |
| Facsimile | +44 (0)1752 633101 |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | British Oceanographic Data Centre |
| Local identifier | 1053007 |
| Global identifier | 688 |
| Last revised | 2009-12-01 |
