Publications by research area

NOC staff publications in selected science research area

2003

Polygonal fault systems on the mid-Norwegian margin: a long term source for fluid flow

Letter to Nature. Low-light-adapted Prochlorococcus species possess specific antennae for each photosystem

Transport and variability of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in Drake Passage

An investigation of avoidance by Antarctic krill of RRS James Clark Ross using the Autosub-2 autonomous underwater vehicle

On the reliability of the Autosub autonomous underwater vehicle

AUVs: designing and operating next generation vehicles

A comparison of simultaneous measurements from shipboard VM-150 and OS-75 acoustic Doppler current profilers

In situ investigation of burst swimming and muscle performance in the deep-sea fish Antimora rostrata (Gunther, 1878)

Selective feeding by benthic foraminifera on phytodetritus on the western Antarctic Peninsula shelf: evidence from fatty acid biomarker analysis

The role of free gas in the activation of submarine slides in Finneidfjord

Canary Islands landslides and tsunami generation

Multisensor monitoring of plume dynamics in the north-western Mediterranean

The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on sea level in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea derived from satellite altimetry

Variability of Mediterranean and Black Sea sea level and its forcing

The role of diatoms in regulating the ocean's silicon cycle

A full ocean depth UV-spectrophotometer for nitrate measurements

Sea surface roughness: high winds and short fetches

Internal tides and mixing in the Indian Ocean (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Hydrothermal plume processes in the Indian Ocean (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

The influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on sea-level variability in the North Atlantic region

Particle export in the North Atlantic: an integrated attack using production rates, tracres and a novel drifting sediment trap (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Is long-term change in the abyssal Northeast Atlantic driven by qualitative changes in export flux? Evidence from selective feeding in deep-sea holothurians

A holographic system for subsea recording and analysis of plankton and other marine particles (HOLOMAR)

Long extra-tropical planetary wave propagation in the presence of slowly varying mean flow and bottom topography. II: ray propagation and comparison with observations

An introduction to the benthic ecology of the Faroe-Shetland Channel (SEA4)

Finding the true temperature of the ocean surface

Rapid Climate Change (RAPID) - a new UK programme (abstract of poster to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

A global analysis of the diurnal sea surface temperature cycle (abstract of paper to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Life on "Discovery" forty years ago

Observations of seasonal exchange through the Straits of Hormuz and the inferred heat and freshwater budgets of the Persian Gulf

Seafloor sediments and sedimentary processes on the outer continental shelf, continental slope and basin floor

Improving merchant ship air temperatures using an analytical model of the heating errors

Retroflection or retro-fiction - whither the East Madagascar Current? (abstract of poster to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

New and export production deduced from the annual cycle of dissolved organic matter in the Irminger Basin (abstract to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

On the role of biological dynamics in plankton patchiness at the mesoscale: an example from the north east Atlantic (abstract of poster to be presented at: AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting, 26-30 January 2004, Portland, Oregon)

Seasonality and selectivity in the feeding ecology and reproductive biology of deep-sea bathyal holothurians

RRS Charles Darwin Cruise 143, 22 Nov-20 Dec 2002. SCHEHEREZADE II: Geological and biological surveys of the Arabian Sea and the continental slope of Oman

Water and sediment movement around a coastal headland: Portland Bill, southern UK

The ICES Annual Ocean Climate Status Summary: 2000/2001

The N:Si:P molar ratio in the Strait of Gibraltar

Phytoplankton patchiness: the role of lateral stirring and mixing

Impact of eddy-induced transport on the Lagrangian structure of the upper branch of the thermohaline circulation

The uptake of silica during the spring bloom in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean

Transports and budgets of total inorganic carbon in the subpolar and temperate North Atlantic

High variability of primary production in oligotrophic waters of the Atlantic Ocean: uncoupling from phytoplankton biomass and size structure

On the timing and mechanism of millennial-scale climate variability during the last glacial cycle

How wind-forcing and air-sea heat exchange determine the meridional temperature gradient and stratification for the Antarctic Circumpolar Current

Low bacterial growth efficiency in the oligotrophic eastern Mediterranean Sea: a modelling analysis

Reproductive biology of the abyssal holothurian Amperima rosea: an opportunistic response to variable flux of surface derived organic matter?

The maiden voyage of UK ROV "Isis"