North west Mediterranean

Chlorophyll pigment concentrations in water bodies; Oxygen production and respiration in the water column; Zooplankton growth rates; Nitrate concentration parameters in the water column; Phosphate concentration parameters in the water column; Primary production in the water column; Plankton abundance per unit volume of the water column; Zooplankton taxonomy-related abundance per unit volume of the water column; 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; Phaeopigment concentrations in the water column; Phytoplankton growth; Nitrite concentration parameters in the water column; Nitrification and denitrification rates in water bodies; Sedimentation flux of carbon, nitrogen or organic matter in the water column; Phytoplankton taxonomic abundance in water bodies; Silicate concentration parameters in the water column

Fluorometers; nutrient analysers; plankton recorders; plankton nets; discrete water samplers; plankton categorisers and counters

The data set comprises the data collected on an EC funded project in the north west Mediterranean looking at the effects of river runoff, primarily with regard to nutrient loadings and the resulting 'plankton' growth.

Martin, J.M., and Barth, H. (1990) EROS 2000, European River Ocean System, Second Workshop on the North-West Mediterranean Sea Blanes, Spain, 6-9 February 1990., Water Pollution Research Report 20.; Martin, J.M. and Barth, H. (1991) EROS 2000, European River Ocean System, Third Workshop on the North-West Mediterranean Sea Den Burg/Texel, 21-25 October 1991., Water Pollution Research Report 28.

Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Plymouth
England
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United Kingdom