Plymouth Marine Laboratory

Engineering ASPACE (www.aspace.ac.uk) : Lessons Learned in Research Software Engineering from climate change adaptation research to a decision-support tool.

ASPACE (Assisted Spatial Prioritisation Addressing Climate Effects) is a web-based decision support tool/platform developed to support climate-smart marine spatial planning through scenario based scientific analysis of ocean climate modelling projections, economic modelling and e...

Krill defecation at depth reduces carbon flux attenuation in the Weddell Sea euphotic zone

Abstract. The Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean, is a highly productive location of deep-water formation and a globally important site of carbon sequestration. Here, the biological carbon pump is dominated by particulate processes (e.g. zooplankton faecal pellets and phytoplankton detr...

A compilation of global bio-optical in situ data for ocean-colour satellite applications – version four

Abstract. A global in situ dataset for validation of satellite products from the ESA Ocean Colour Climate Change Initiative (OC-CCI) is presented. This version of the compilation, with data starting in 1996, extends to 2025, which is important for the validation of recent algorit...

Effects of assimilating phytoplankton carbon in marine ecosystem modelling in NEMO4.0.4-MEDUSA2.0-PDAF2.0

Abstract. The state of the marine ecosystem can be estimated by a combination of numerical models and satellite observations through data assimilation (DA) methods. Satellite data representing phytoplankton chlorophyll are typically used in operational marine ecosystem prediction...

Seasonal biogeochemical cycling of permeable sediments in a temperate shelf sea environment

Abstract In highly productive shelf-seas, permeable sediments cover the majority of the benthic environment. However, most research has focussed on shallow environments where currents, tidal flows, terrestrial inputs and benthic productivity have a greater influence than in sedim...