Objective The unicellular pelagic alga Emiliania huxleyi is dominant among the ocean biota. E. huxleyi provides an ideal experimental system for integrated biological, biogeochemical, and geological research of the oceanic fluxes of carbon as well as the global carbon cycle. EHUX is a comprehensive experimental and modelling project focused on the calcium carbonate and organic carbon productivity and ocean carbon flux induced by E. huxleyi in the present N.E. Atlantic region. The fundamental objective of this project is to improve our understanding of the processes involved in the growth and distribution of E. huxleyi and of its role in the oceanic carbon cycle.The specific aims are: 1. Morphological and genetic characterization of clones and elucidation of life cycle. 2. Characterization of PIC, POC, biomarker, and CO2 productivity as a function of cellular and molecular organisation and life cycle stages. 3. Provision of quantitative information on calcite, biomarker, and CO2 productivity in response to controlled environmental condition. 4. Quantification of the processes outlined above in natural blooms at different stages of development and development of carbon budgets for well defined spring bloom conditions. 5. The development of descriptive and predictive models of the processes influencing coccolithophore dynamics and the interactions between E. huxleyi and its environment. The achievement of these specific objectives is required to properly model the system for answering questions such as - how much CO2 will the ocean sequester or produce under what conditions, and how fast? The project will involve the characterization of the idiosyncratic and non-linear nature of the biological involvement in ocean chemistry and the intimate coupling of the fluxes of particulate inorganic carbon and particulate organic carbon. It will employ an integrated approach encompassing research and modelling at the biochemical, physiological, population dynamical, ecosystem and global levels. Fields of science natural sciencesbiological sciencesmicrobiologyphycologynatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryinorganic compoundsnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistryalkaline earth metalssocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomicsproduction economicsproductivitynatural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesoceanographyocean chemistry Programme(s) FP3-MAST 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology, 1990-1994 Topic(s) 0104 - Biological processes Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator NERC Centre of Coastal and Marine Sciences EU contribution No data Address Prospect Place West Hoe PL1 3DH Plymouth United Kingdom See on map Total cost No data Participants (12) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH Germany EU contribution No data Address Columbusstrasse 27568 BREMERHAVEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LEIDEN UNIVERSITY Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 55,Einsteinweg 55 Gorlaeus Laboratoria 2300 RA Leiden See on map Total cost No data Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Citadel Hill PL1 2PB Plymouth See on map Total cost No data NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address CROMWELL ROAD LONDON See on map Total cost No data NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Norway EU contribution No data Address 46,Bynesveien 46 7018 TRONDHEIM See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD DE OVIEDO Spain EU contribution No data Address S/N,Catedratico Rodrigo Uria S/N 33071 OVIEDO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN Norway EU contribution No data Address 55,Thormoehlensgt. 55 5020 BERGEN See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF OSLO Norway EU contribution No data Address Molkte Moes vei 32 Blindern 0316 OSLO See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF WALES SWANSEA United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Singleton Park SA2 8PP SWANSEA See on map Total cost No data University of Bristol United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Cantock's Close BS8 1TS Bristol See on map Total cost No data University of Southampton United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address European Way SO14 3ZH Southampton See on map Total cost No data VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM - VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERWIJS Netherlands EU contribution No data Address 1087,De Boelelaan 1087 1081 HV AMSTERDAM See on map Total cost No data
