Project record of Modelling and simulation of the grazing pressure of zooplankton in the ecosystem of the North Sea. Practical and theoretical approach

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Type
Project
Name
Modelling and simulation of the grazing pressure of zooplankton in the ecosystem of the North Sea. Practical and theoretical approach
Description @en
(1) Determine the grazing pressure of zooplankton on phytoplankton in the North Sea, in coastal zones and in the open sea. (2) Develop, calibrate and validate, in relation with the residual circulation system, a digital model of the pelagic ecosystem describing the exportation of organic matter of phytoplanktonic origin via zooplanktonic grazing. In these studies, emphasis will be placed on non-copepod zooplanktonic groups, such as protozoan and gelatinous zooplankton, which manage in an important but still little-understood manner the planktonic marine trophic networks (meroplankton microbial loop, etc.). The experimental measurements will use HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) techniques which allow one to detect the specific nutrition of the zooplankton.
Parent project
Impulsprogramme "Marine Sciences"
Start date
1992-10
End date
1997-3

Institutes & people involved

Belgian Science Policy
role: Sponsor

Expertise

Coastal waters
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 1653
Grazing
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 3813
Modelling
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5269
Offshore
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 5723
Phytoplankton
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6208
Plankton
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 6265
Zooplankton
defined term set: ASFA Thesaurus List
term code: 9443
geographic terms
ANE, North Sea

special collections

Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning

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date created: 2003-11-26
date modified: 2007-11-08