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“GNATS”, the Gulf of Maine North Atlantic Time Series: Integrating terrestrial and ocean carbon cycles in a coastal shelf sea through coordinated ship and satellite observations

Balch, William (Barney): Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (Project Lead)

Project Funding: 2006 - 2010

NRA: 2005 NASA: North American Carbon Program   

Funded by NASA

Publications:

Balch, W. M., Bowler, B. C., Drapeau, D. T., Lubelczyk, L. C., Lyczkowski, E. 2018. Vertical Distributions of Coccolithophores, PIC, POC, Biogenic Silica, and Chlorophyll a Throughout the Global Ocean. Global Biogeochemical Cycles. 32(1), 2-17. DOI: 10.1002/2016GB005614

Balch, W., Drapeau, D., Bowler, B., Huntington, T. 2012. Step-changes in the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Gulf of Maine, as documented by the GNATS time series. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 450, 11-35. DOI: 10.3354/meps09555

Balch, W. M., Drapeau, D. T., Bowler, B. C., Booth, E. S., Windecker, L. A., Ashe, A. 2007. Space-time variability of carbon standing stocks and fixation rates in the Gulf of Maine, along the GNATS transect between Portland, ME, USA, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. Journal of Plankton Research. 30(2), 119-139. DOI: 10.1093/plankt/fbm097


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