ESEPAC-1 Cruise, RV Hespérides

• Main Authors: Agustí, Susana, CSIC - Unidad de Tecnología Marina (UTM)
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/231860; https://doi.org/10.20351/29HE19990106

ESEPAC-1 Cruise (29HE19990106) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 1999 Experimental Stimulation of Coastal Antarctic Production. The objective of the ESEPACcampaign is to recognize the factors that limit Antarctic plankton production in order to predict changes in carbon fluxes associated with changes in Antarctic plankton production. The achievement of this objective will be carried out through: 1) Experimental verification of the processes that regulate the production of plankton, through large-scale manipulation experiments in mesocosms (large incubation bags, 30000-50000 liters). 2) The comparison of the experimentally obtained predictions with observations of the planktonic dynamics in Antarctic waters of contrasting areas, by means of oceanographic sampling in diverse zones of the Antarctic Peninsula.