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Carbon Plankton Dynamics Virtual Lab


Developed by the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ), Belgium, in collaboration with the The National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), Italy.

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About Carbon Plankton Dynamics

This VLab provides a service to analyze the relative contribution of the drivers in phytoplankton dynamics in the Belgium part of the North Sea and the northern Adriatic Sea. The Nutrient-Phytoplankton-Zooplankton-Detritus (NPZD) model is built using data containing phytoplankton and zooplankton abundances, nutrients (nitrogen, silica and phosphor), and carbon data (dissolved inorganic carbon, air-sea carbon flux). This model helps to understand the spatio-temporal variations of plankton dynamics and to determine whether they act as a carbon sink or source.

Blue Cloud added value:
The collaborative and open science tools used in the Blue Cloud VRE platform allow their re-use by other researchers, so it can be applied to fit their own research and/or to respond to other research questions, such as "How do marine ecosystem respond to changing environmental conditions, such as ocean acidification and warming?” or "What is the role of biogenic reefs in carbon sequestration and its implications for climate change mitigation?

Data used:

  • EMODnet Biology/EurOBIS
  • EMODnet Chemistry;
  • SOCAT;
  • ICOS-Carbon portal.

Target users:

  • Primary users/early adopters: Blue Cloud Hackathon participants Blue Cloud Training Academy: Webinars Blue Cloud Task Forces: i.e. EU DTO (Digital Twin for the Ocean).
  • Secondary users:  Researchers such as Ecological modelers. DTO via EDITO Infra
  • Tertiary users: Policy makers/EU initiatives: Zoo and Phyto-plankton biomass and diversity EOVs- GOOS, The EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) Descriptors: Descriptor 1: Biological diversity and Descriptor 4: Elements of marine food webs, Blue Carbon Initiatives.

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