AMT12

May 11, 2003 - June 16, 2003

Port Stanley - UK

This was the first of a series of six AMT cruises funded by a NERC Consortium Grant. It sailed from Port Stanley, The Falklands on 12 May 2003 and docked in Grimsby, UK on 17 June 2003. The principal scientist was Tim Jickells from the University of East Anglia, UK.

The cruise aimed to compare and contrast the functioning of the plankton in the north and south Atlantic gyres.

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Download the AMT12 Cruise Report

Personnel

Name	Role	Institute
Bell, Tom	DMS	University of East Anglia, UK
Chamberlain, Katie	Nutrients and pCO₂	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Forster, Grant	N₂O	University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Gist, Niki	Respiration and gross production	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Hickman, Anna	Pigments filterer	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Hodge, Catriona	DON, PON	Liverpool University, UK
Jickells, Tim	Principal scientist	University of East Anglia, UK
Lowe, Chris	Optics, FRRF	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Lucas, Mike	¹³C/¹⁵N	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Millward, Nick	Nitrogen fixation	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Mintrop, Ludger	DIC, alkalinity, pCO₂	Baltic Sea Research Institute, Germany
Moore, Gerald	Optics, FRRF	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Nedelec, Florence	Iron	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Painter, Stuart	¹³C/¹⁵N	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Poulton, Alex	¹⁴C size fractionated photosynthesis	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Robinson, Carol	Respiration and photodegradation	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Robinson, Jenna	CDOM	University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Root, Sarah	Pigments, DOC/N, POC/N, lugols	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
San Martin, Elena	Zooplankton	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Statham, Peter	Iron	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Thomalla, Sandy	Thorium	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Woodward, Malcolm	Nutrients and MVP	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK