Mediterranean Sea Biogeochemistry and Plankton Community Study

Data from the BOUM project details biological production, remineralization, and export processes across distinct oligotrophic systems in the Mediterranean Sea. The project was conducted by federated French teams and involved a research cruise. The dataset's final update was recorded at the end of 2009.

Use Cases

• Model carbon sequestration potential by analyzing relationships between nutrient (N, P, Si, Fe) delivery and organic matter export.
• Compare planktonic community structure and function across longitudinally different Mediterranean Sea locations.
• Examine system responses to perturbations, such as pulsed nutrient addition, using experimental data.
• Study the coupling between carbon and nutrient removal processes controlling biological production.

Strengths

• Focuses on contrasting oligotrophic environments at a regional scale within the Mediterranean Sea.
• Project design aims to describe ecosystem function under stationary physical conditions.

Limitations

• Dataset is temporally stale, with a last update in 2009.
• Specific data volume, row count, and column details are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to specific cruise tracks in the Mediterranean Sea.

Provenance

Source

SCIOPS organization, via NASA Earthdata.

Collection Method

Measurements and experiments collected during a research cruise on the R/V l'Atalante or Pourquoi Pas.

Time Range

Cruise and data collection occurred circa 2009.

Freshness

2009-12-31

Geography

Several distinct locations in the Mediterranean Sea.