Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

2015

Presence and abundance of microplastics in the Thames River Basin, UK

Benthic assemblages of the Anton Dohrn seamount (NE Atlantic): defining deep-sea biotopes to support habitat mapping and management efforts with a focus on vulnerable marine ecosystems

Abyssal hills - hidden source of increased habitat heterogeneity, benthic megafaunal biomass and diversity in the deep sea

Radiolarian tests as microhabitats for novel benthic foraminifera: observations from the abyssal eastern equatorial Pacific (Clarion–Clipperton fracture zone)

Gas migration pathways, controlling mechanisms and changes in sediment acoustic properties observed in a controlled sub-seabed CO2 release experiment

The trophic and metabolic pathways of foraminifera in the Arabian Sea: evidence from cellular stable isotopes

The efficient long-term inhibition of forsterite dissolution by common soil bacteria and fungi at earth surface conditions

RRS Discovery Cruise DY017, 20 Oct - 05 Nov 2014. Outer Hebrides process cruise

Sediment dynamics over sand ridges on a tideless mid-outer continental shelf

An evaluation of deep-sea benthic megafauna length measurements obtained with laser and stereo camera methods

Biogeochemical variations at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain sustained Observatory in the northeast Atlantic Ocean, from weekly to inter-annual timescales

Objective automated classification technique for marine landscape mapping in submarine canyons

Key future directions for research on turbidity currents and their deposits

Experimental observation of water saturation effects on shear wave splitting in synthetic rock with fractures aligned at oblique angles

Reassessing the stable (δ88/86Sr) and radiogenic (87Sr/86Sr) strontium isotopic composition of marine inputs

Attenuation of particulate organic carbon flux in the Scotia Sea, Southern Ocean, is controlled by zooplankton fecal pellets

Submarine record of volcanic island construction and collapse in the Lesser Antilles arc: First scientific drilling of submarine volcanic island landslides by IODP Expedition 340

Quantitative analysis of submarine-flow deposit shape in the Marnoso-Arenacea Formation: what is the signature of hindered settling from dense near-bed layers?

Estimating oceanic primary production using vertical irradiance and chlorophyll profiles from ocean gliders in the North Atlantic

Implications of reduced turbidity current and landslide activity for the Initial Eocene Thermal Maximum - evidence from two distal, deep-water sites

Cell-specific CO2 fixation rates of two distinct groups of plastidic protists in the Atlantic Ocean remain unchanged after nutrient addition

Relationships among low frequency (2Hz) electrical resistivity, porosity, clay content and permeability in reservoir sandstones

Carbon dynamics of the Weddell Gyre, Southern Ocean

The distribution of benthic biomass in hadal trenches: a modelling approach to investigate the effect of vertical and lateral organic matter transport to the seafloor

Net community production in the North Atlantic Ocean derived from Volunteer Observing Ship data

Spatial and temporal variation in sponge spicule patches at Station M, northeast Pacific

Development and application of a microfluidic in-situ analyzer for dissolved Fe and Mn in natural waters

Hydrocarbon contamination affects deep-sea benthic oxygen uptake and microbial community composition

Phenological characteristics of global coccolithophore blooms

Impact and recovery of pH in marine sediments subject to a temporary carbon dioxide leak

Basin-wide mechanisms for spring bloom initiation; how typical is the North Atlantic?

Linking regional variation of epibiotic bacterial diversity and trophic ecology in a new species of Kiwaidae (Decapoda, Anomura) from East Scotia Ridge (Antarctica) hydrothermal vents

A novel sub-seabed CO2 release experiment informing monitoring and impact assessment for geological carbon storage

Attenuation of sinking particulate organic carbon flux through the mesopelagic ocean

Basal monothalamous and pseudochambered benthic foraminifera associated with planktonic foraminiferal shells and mineral grains from the Porcupine Abyssal Plain, NE Atlantic

Marine baseline and monitoring strategies for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (CCS)

Macrofaunal abundance and community composition at lower bathyal depths in different branches of the Whittard Canyon and on the adjacent slope (3500 m; NE Atlantic)

Effect of a controlled sub-seabed release of CO2 on the biogeochemistry of shallow marine sediments, their pore waters, and the overlying water column

Characterizing horizontal variability and energy spectra in the Arctic Ocean halocline

Ocean nutrient pathways associated with passage of a storm

Finding the hot-spots within a biodiversity hotspot: fine-scale biological predictions within a submarine canyon using high-resolution acoustic mapping techniques

Variability in efficiency of particulate organic carbon export: A model study

2014

Introduction to the BASIN Special Issue: State of art, past present a view to the future

Spatio-temporal patterns of C : N : P ratios in the northern Benguela upwelling system

Rapid scavenging of jellyfish carcasses reveals the importance of gelatinous material to deep-sea food webs

Multispecies diel transcriptional oscillations in open ocean heterotrophic bacterial assemblages

Large salp bloom export from the upper ocean and benthic community response in the abyssal northeast Pacific: Day to week resolution

Impact of atmospheric deposition on the metabolism of coastal microbial communities

Plankton community and bacterial metabolism in Arctic sea ice leads during summer 2010

Plankton metabolism and bacterial growth efficiency in offshore waters along a latitudinal transect between the UK and Svalbard