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A brief note on Pelagic Carbon investigations under the NC34 Pelagic program (“PelCap”)

A brief note on Pelagic Carbon investigations under the NC34 Pelagic program (“PelCap”)

Final report of the change in lifeforms and impact on carbon export.
Analysis of food web links between plankton and pelagic fisheries 

Analysis of food web links between plankton and pelagic fisheries 

Establishing good pelagic habitat conditions for planktivorous fish.
Pseudo-nitzschia & Dinophysis impact on coastal health

Pseudo-nitzschia & Dinophysis impact on coastal health

Investigatory report of “HABS” lifeforms and influence on coastal ‘health’.
Changing Pseudo-nitzschia and Dinophysis distribution in the NE-Atlantic

Changing Pseudo-nitzschia and Dinophysis distribution in the NE-Atlantic

This report investigates the potential of using monitoring data of the toxic phytoplankton genera Pseudo-nitzschia and Dinophysis as proxies for broader diatom and dinoflagellate communities and for statutory biodiversity assessments.
Commercial, insurance issues of HABs

Commercial, insurance issues of HABs 

Reducing the risk: a case study of an early warning system for harmful algal blooms in Shetland waters.
Development of statistical analysis and tools for community changes 

Development of statistical analysis and tools for community changes

Statistical analysis and tools for identifying community variation in plankton.
Dove Marine time series for plankton

Dove Marine time series for plankton

Long term evidence base for understanding plankton dynamics in UK coastal waters.
Final picoplankton review – wrap up report from Y2 & eDNA/molecular methods

Final picoplankton review - wrap up report from Y2 & eDNA/molecular methods

Report on pelagic molecular methods for picoplankton.
Harmonising two continuous plankton samplers 100 years apart

Harmonising two continuous plankton samplers 100 years apart

Flow cam v CRP report-

Comparing the Plankton Imager and the Continuous Plankton Recorder mNCEA PHEG.
Impact of PelCap Final Report

Impact of PelCap Final Report

Report on the impact of the Pelagic Natural Capital Programme.
Interim report (2) on zooplankton time-series at the Lorn Pelagic Observatory

Interim report (2) on zooplankton time-series at the Lorn Pelagic Observatory

Site information and history for the resumption of zooplankton sampling at two sites within the Lorn Pelagic Observatory, which comprises fjordic waters near Oban on the west coast of Scotland.
Isle of Man Government – Year 3 Monitoring Report

Isle of Man Government - Year 3 Monitoring Report

A Comparison of The Historic and Present Phytoplankton Dynamics in Manx waters: A Season Shift.
Realigning the UK’s Plankton Species Lists under the Mixoplankton Paradigm

Mixoplankton and policy report for review of methods

Mixoplankton methods report: "Realigning the UK’s Plankton Species Lists under the mixoplankton paradigm with recommendations for field sampling of mixoplankton".
Plankton composition across a highly productive North Sea frontal zone

Plankton composition across a highly productive North Sea frontal zone

Report of Winter 2024-2025 fieldwork from Hull University.
Policy brief outlining and attributing the drivers of change in plankton assemblages

Policy brief outlining and attributing the drivers of change in plankton assemblages

Report on the Predictors of long-term variability in NE Atlantic plankton communities.
Red Noctiluca Literature Review

Red Noctiluca Literature Review

Red Noctiluca simulator operation manual.
Developing a simple digital twin of Red Noctiluca scintillans

Red Noctiluca Digital Twin framework

Developing a simple digital twin of Red Noctiluca scintillans.
Report & Paper on theory development for valuing a dynamic system with rapid turnover part 2 – practical approaches

Report & Paper on theory development for valuing a dynamic system with rapid turnover part 2 - practical approaches

Part of a series of reports and graphics looking at different ways of valueing plankton and the pelagic habitat.
Value and support in taking a natural capital approach for fisheries management  (policy brief)

Value and support in taking a natural capital approach for fisheries management (policy brief)

Development of a theory to estimate the value of ecosystem services dependent on plankton.
Year 3 monitoring report and a Pelagic Strategy with a Proposed UK Pelagic Monitoring Program

Year 3 monitoring report & a Pelagic Strategy with a Proposed UK Pelagic Monitoring Program

Y3 Report setting out the monitoring results, review of data sets, and an integrated long-term plankton monitoring plan for England’s coastal waters.
Plankton Carbon Report

Plankton Carbon Report