Primary production of phytoplankton at a frontal zone located at the northern slope of the Dogger Bank (North Sea)

Of the many private collections of vertebrate fossils found on or off the coast of the Eastern counties, none surpass in palæontological and also in geological interest the fine collection made with much zeal and care by Mr. J. J. Owles, of Yarmouth, inasmuch as the larger portion of the specimens are exclusively the remains of Postglacial Mammals, and were brought up in the fishermen’s dredge, either from, or in close proximity to the well-known Dogger Bank, thus proving conclusively the existence of submerged Pleistocene or Postglacial land lying off the Eastern coast in the North Sea. Prof. Boyd Dawkins is the only author, as far as I am at present aware, who has made any reference to this really valuable series of remains, and then only incidentally in his memoir, “On the Distribution of Postglacial Mammals.”

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Ballasted Flocs Capture Pelagic Primary Production and Alter the Local Sediment Characteristics in the Coastal German Bight (North Sea)

Geosciences ◽

10.3390/geosciences9080344 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (8) ◽

pp. 344 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Andreas Neumann ◽

H. Christian Hass ◽

Jürgen Möbius ◽

Céline Naderipour

Keyword(s):

Primary Production ◽

North Sea ◽

German Bight ◽

Settling Velocity ◽

Coastal Environments ◽

Sediment Characteristics ◽

Empirical Correlations ◽

Extracellular Polymers ◽

High Turbulence ◽

Benthic Pelagic Coupling

Suspended, organic matter, especially in the form of adhesive extracellular polymers (EPS), tends to form flocs, which may also incorporate suspended lithogenic particles in coastal environments. With an increased settling velocity, these ballasted flocs form in a narrow zone along the coast and potentially represent a major source of pelagic primary production for the benthic community. We sought support for this hypothesis by examining our measurements of the mud content, porosity, permeability, pigment content, and specific respiration rate of sediment from the German Bight (North Sea) for signs that the pelagic zone of ballasted floc formation is affecting the local sediment characteristics. Based on a simple bottom-shear stress model and by employing empirical correlations of sediment characteristics we were able to find strong indications that this is actually the case. Our results demonstrate how ballasted flocs contribute to the benthic pelagic coupling in a high turbulence environment.

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Primary production in the deep chlorophyll maximum of the central North Sea

Journal of Plankton Research ◽

10.1093/plankt/fbi064 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 27 (9) ◽

pp. 909-922 ◽

Cited By ~ 90

Author(s):

K. Weston ◽

L. Fernand ◽

D. K. Mills ◽

R. Delahunty ◽

J. Brown

Keyword(s):

Primary Production ◽

North Sea ◽

Deep Chlorophyll Maximum ◽

Chlorophyll Maximum ◽

Central North Sea

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Dissolved and particulate trace metals in surface waters over the Dogger Bank, Central North Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/0025-326x(91)90918-i ◽

1991 ◽

Vol 22 (5) ◽

pp. 241-244 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Catherine F. Fileman ◽

M. Althaus ◽

R.J. Law ◽

I. Haslam

Keyword(s):

Trace Metals ◽

North Sea ◽

Surface Waters ◽

Dogger Bank ◽

Central North Sea

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Primary production of phytoplankton at a frontal zone located at the northern slope of the Dogger Bank (North Sea)

Evaluation of measurements and calculation of primary production in the Dogger Bank area (North Sea) in summer 1988

Distribution and trophic links of gelatinous zooplankton on Dogger Bank, North Sea

Activity of heterotrophic bacteria and its coupling to primary production during the spring phytoplankton bloom in the southern bight of the North Sea

Review of manuscript esurf-2020-41 &#8220;Ice sheet and palaeoclimate controls on drainage network evolution: an example from Dogger Bank, North Sea&#8221; submitted to Earth Surface Dynamics by Andy Emery and co-authors

The contribution of the deep chlorophyll maximum to primary production in a seasonally stratified shelf sea, the North Sea

Ice marginal dynamics of the last British-Irish Ice Sheet in the southern North Sea: Ice limits, timing and the influence of the Dogger Bank

I.—On a Collection of Pleistocene Mammals Dredged off the Eastern Coast

Ballasted Flocs Capture Pelagic Primary Production and Alter the Local Sediment Characteristics in the Coastal German Bight (North Sea)

Primary production in the deep chlorophyll maximum of the central North Sea

Dissolved and particulate trace metals in surface waters over the Dogger Bank, Central North Sea

Review of manuscript esurf-2020-41 “Ice sheet and palaeoclimate controls on drainage network evolution: an example from Dogger Bank, North Sea” submitted to Earth Surface Dynamics by Andy Emery and co-authors