By building on previous work with new data from two research cruises and exploiting new technologies COMICS will shed light on carbon transport processes in the twilight zone. COMICS will integrate modelling and new data from two research cruises in the tropical Atlantic and Southern Ocean.
Oceanographic sampling (sensor and mooring equipment)
Ship systems
- Respiration of mesopelagic fish: a comparison of respiratory electron transport system (ETS) measurements and allometrically calculated rates in the Southern Ocean and Benguela Current Belcher et al. (2020)
- Ocean carbon sequestration: Particle fragmentation by copepods as a significant unrecognised factor?Mayor et al. (2020)
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