AMT15

September 18, 2004 - October 28, 2004

UK - Cape Town

This was the fourth cruise of the funded by a NERC Consortium Grant. The cruise took place on board the RRS Discovery departing from Southampton, UK on 17 September 2004 and terminating in Cape Town, South Africa on 29 October 2004.

The major aim of the cruise was to investigate the upwelling waters off North Africa and to compare this with the less productive waters of the South Atlantic gyre.

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Personnel

Name	Role	Institute
Adey, Tim	Calcification	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Atienza, Dacha	Mesozooplankton	Institut de Ciencies del Mar, Spain
Balch, Barney	Calcification, optics	Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences, USA
Chamberlain, Katie	Nutrients	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Harrison, Elly	Prochlorococcus diversity, viruses	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Hay, Lorraine	Optics, FRRF	University of Strathclyde, UK
Henriksen, Casper	Mesozooplankton	Institut de Ciencies del Mar, Spain
Heywood, Jane	Bacterial activity	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Hickman, Anna	¹⁴C	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Hind, Andy	DIC, alkalinity, pCO₂	University of East Anglia, UK
Millward, Nick	Nitrogen fixation	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Pattenden, Abigail	Filtering	Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK
Peralba Marcó, Aurea	Mesozooplankton	Stazione Zoologica Anton Dorhn, Italy
Rees, Andy	Principal Scientist	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Serrett, Pablo	Respiration and gross production	Universidad de Vigo, Spain
Stubbins, Aron	CDOM	Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK
Ussher, Simon	Iron	University of Plymouth, UK
Waeles, Matthieu	Atmospherics	University of East Anglia, UK
Zwirglmaier, Katrin	Synechococcus	University of Warwick, UK