Description and evaluation of the role of biodiversity of the macrobenthos,
in particular of the peracarid crustaceans, in the structure and functioning
of the Antarctic coastal and shelf ecosystem. ...
The purpose of this project is to determine the role of the
coastal zone and the deep sea ecosystems in the productivity
and energy fluxes in the Southern Ocean. In the Antarctic, ...
[from "http://www.belspo.be/belspo/antar/orp/b21-23_uk.stm"]
The research consists of a multidisciplinary study of the biodiversity
and productivity of the global ecosystem of the Southern Ocean ...
The above research on barium biogeochemistry involves the following:
- Studies on the variability Antarctic Bottom Water formation;
- Studies on the spatial variability primary production; ...
This study makes part of the EPICA project (European Project for Ice Coring in
Antarctica) which falls under the international research effort developed
during the last decades in order to try to ...
[from "http://www.belspo.be/belspo/antar/orp/h01_uk.stm"]
The project aims at working out a mathematical model able to provide,
at the regional scale of the Weddell Sea, an accurate representation ...
This research attempts to determine the role - CO2 source or sink - of the
Southern Ocean on a regional and seasonal scale by implementing an
integrated multidisciplinary approach which combines in ...
