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| Title | Productivity regimes and plankton community in the upwelling system of the Azores |
| Group | Marine Animal Ecology |
| Project type | internship |
| Credits | 24-39 |
| Supervisor(s) | Eleonora Puccinelli |
| Examiner(s) | Tinka Murk, Reindert Nijland, Ronald Osinga, Rosa van der Ven, Diede Maas |
| Contact info | eleonora.puccinelli@nioz.nl
mae.education@wur.nl |
| Begin date | 2025/01/01 |
| End date | 2025/07/01 |
| Description | This project takes place in NIOZ, Texel. Please email mae.education@wur.nl for the information leaflet if you're interested!
In this project we aim to identify the main N source assimilated by phytoplankton, quantify primary productivity in the studied region, investigate the relationship between the stable composition of phytoplankton and zooplankton. The student will be analyzing samples collected during a cruise in the Azores in 2024 for flow cytometry analyses and stable isotope analyses of particulate organic N and C, as well as for N and C uptake rates and zooplankton. This project will have a laboratory component for sample preparation and analysis using a flow cytometer and a mass spectrometer both housed at NIOZ, and a data handling component post analysis. |
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