Objetivo The objective of this research is to extend the knowledge of the processes affecting transformations and fates of particles and biogeochemically important elements and to compare their propagation in Arctic estuaries and temperate estuaries. This study will assess the importance of Arctic estuaries in global geochemical cycling.A preliminary site survey of a number of Arctic estuaries in the Kandalaksha Bay, White Sea, Russia, was carried out in order to identify suitable study sites and to address potential logistical problems. As a result of this survey three estuaries have been identified as being scientifically and logistically suitable.The objective will be achieved by characterising the physical, chemical and ecological interactive processes within each estuary and its immediate coastal zone and the quantification of fluxes at the significant boundaries, e.g. river/estuary, sediment/water interfaces. Intensive seasonal investigations (spring, summer and autumn seasons) will provide essential data on diurnal, tidal and seasonal time scales. During these surveys the most significant physical, chemical and biological variables will be measured, including the vertical and horizontal structure of salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, nutrients, trace metals and primary production, zooplankton and phytoplankton abundance and speciation. Results will be used to create integrable ecosystem models of the key processes. Papers arising from the research will be published in international journals. Programa(s) IC-INTAS - International Association for the promotion of cooperation with scientists from the independent states of the former Soviet Union (INTAS), 1993- Tema(s) 54 - Oceanology and Geohydrology Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación Data not available Coordinador NERC Centre of Coastal and Marine Sciences Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Prospect Place West Hoe PL1 3DH Plymouth Reino Unido Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (3) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo CONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 08193 BELLATERRA Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 36208 Vigo Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Rusia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 119899 Moscow Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos
