scholarly journals About this title ‐ Petroleum Geology of NW Europe: 50 Years of Learning – Proceedings of the 8th Petroleum Geology Conference

10.1144/pgc8 ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. NP-NP
Keyword(s):  
Petroleum Geology ◽  
List Type ◽  
Full Width ◽  
Present Value ◽  
The North ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Recent Activity ◽  
Nw Europe ◽  
Exploration And Development

The 8th Conference on the Petroleum Geology of NW Europe was held in September 2015 and marked the 50th anniversary of the first commercial discovery offshore in the North Sea (West Sole, in September 1965). Its focus was ‘50 Years of Learning – a Platform for Present Value and Future Success’ and its objective was to provide an update on discoveries, developments, technologies and geological concepts from the region.The 39 extensively illustrated technical papers cover the full width of recent activity and are divided into the following sections: Plays and fairwaysPlay assessmentRecent successes and learnings from failuresInfrastructure-led exploration and developmentLate-life fields, re-development and the ‘next life’Onshore exploration and development.The proceedings volume follows the format of many of the previous conferences since the first in 1974. Collectively these provide a unique documentation of the discovery and development of several NW European hydrocarbon provinces.The volume will be of interest to all geoscientists involved in exploration and development in NW Europe. It provides a fascinating overview of how creativity can continue to reveal hidden resources in an area that has been called ‘mature’ for at least the last 20 of its 50-year history.

scholarly journals Metabarcoding reveals different zooplankton communities in northern and southern areas of the North Sea

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Niklas Macher ◽  
Berry B. van der Hoorn ◽  
Katja T. C. A. Peijnenburg ◽  
Lodewijk van Walraven ◽  
Willem Renema
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Zooplankton Community ◽  
Taxonomic Diversity ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Trophic Levels ◽  
List Type ◽  
The North ◽  
Shelf Sea ◽  
The North Sea ◽  
Zooplankton Communities

AbstractZooplankton are key players in marine ecosystems, linking primary production to higher trophic levels. The high abundance and high taxonomic diversity renders zooplankton ideal for biodiversity monitoring. However, taxonomic identification of the zooplankton assemblage is challenging due to its high diversity, subtle morphological differences and the presence of many meroplanktonic species, especially in coastal seas. Molecular techniques such as metabarcoding can help with rapid processing and identification of taxa in complex samples, and are therefore promising tools for identifying zooplankton communities. In this study, we applied metabarcoding of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I gene to zooplankton samples collected along a latitudinal transect in the North Sea, a shelf sea of the Atlantic Ocean. Northern regions of the North Sea are influenced by inflow of oceanic Atlantic waters, whereas the southern parts are characterised by more coastal waters. Our metabarcoding results indicated strong differences in zooplankton community composition between northern and southern areas of the North Sea, particularly in the classes Copepoda, Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) and Polychaeta. We compared these results to the known distributions of species reported in previous studies, and by comparing the abundance of copepods to data obtained from the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR). We found that our metabarcoding results are mostly congruent with the reported distribution and abundance patterns of zooplankton species in the North Sea. Our results highlight the power of metabarcoding to rapidly assess complex zooplankton samples, and we suggest that the technique could be used in future monitoring campaigns and biodiversity assessments.HighlightsZooplankton communities are different in northern and southern areas of the North SeaMetabarcoding results are consistent with known species distributions and abundanceMetabarcoding allows for fast identification of meroplanktonic species

Introduction to the petroleum geology of the North Sea

1985 ◽  
Vol 117 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 350-351
Author(s):  
K. Burke
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Petroleum Geology ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

Introduction to the petroleum geology of the North Sea

1985 ◽  
Vol 67 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 335-336
Author(s):  
A.W. Bally
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Petroleum Geology ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea

Petroleum Geology of the North Sea

2000 ◽  
Vol 136 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 155-156
Author(s):  
U Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
North Sea ◽  
Petroleum Geology ◽  
The North ◽  
The North Sea
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