Project

Role of PElagic caAcification and export of CarbonatE production in climate change

Acroniem
PEACE
Code
12U05608
Looptijd
01-01-2008 → 30-06-2010
Financiering
Federal funding: various
Promotor
Onderzoeksdisciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Ecology
    • Environmental science and management
    • Other environmental sciences
Trefwoorden
carbonaat productie
 
Projectomschrijving

The overall objective of PEACE is to assess the role of pelagic calcification and export of CaCO3 production in climate regulation.
Specific objectives are:
- To study of the net ecosystem dynamics during coccolithophorid blooms;
- To unravel the link between the microbial community, grazing, TEP dynamics, carbon export and DMS cycling during coccolithophorid blooms;
- To assess the effects of ocean acidification on coccolithophorid metabolism and TEP production, and
- To model coccolithophorid dynamics and their impact on ocean dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) chemistry.