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CV17022 Biological Distribution of Azadinium in IRish Waters 2017 (AZBO '17) SurveyTimpeallachtAzaspiracid was first observed in 1995 as a new shellfish poisoning syndrome. In the following years it became evident that the species diversity and toxin production in this and related genera is very high and they are not only restricted to the North East Atlantic, but have...
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Heavy mineral sands are common on the beaches of the Belmullet Peninsula and Achill Island as well as southern outer Clew Bay. The combination of metamorphic and igneous terrain adjacent to high energy coastlines offers a clear scenario for heavy mineral sand development in...
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TimpeallachtThe INtegrated Mapping FOr the Sustainable Development of Ireland’s MArine Resource (INFOMAR) programme is a joint venture between the Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) and the Marine Institute (MI). The programme is a successor to the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) and...
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TimpeallachtThe European Commission Habitats Directive (92"43"EEC) required Member States to implement a range of measures including the monitoring of habitats for the protection of species listed in the Annexes of the Directive. One such habitat type listed in Annex l of this...
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CE0903 Marine Institute Celtic Explorer Oceanographic Survey North East Atlantic Ocean 2009TimpeallachtIn order to begin to collect key oceanographic data two dedicated research cruises are conducted annually in the Irish region. The foundation of these cruises is the acquisition of oceanographic data such as temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, fluorescence and ocean...
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TimpeallachtThis planned biodiscovery and deep-ocean ecosystems cruise cancelled due to vessel issues. This is a multidisciplinary deep-sea research cruise, combining two components: biodiscovery, and ecosystem functioning and nutrient recycling. Both components are inter-institutional...
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TimpeallachtNight time activity will mainly consist of the following: Deployments of a video-guided Pump-CTD connected to Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometry. Hydroacoustic detection of gas bubbles using single"split beam echo sounders. The following activity will largely be...
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This survey took place in February 2013, led by University College Cork, on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer. This was a first part of a two part survey to define offshore stratigraphies, collect cores for palaeoenvironmental and geotechnical studies and...
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CTD and plankton net sampling oceanographic survey This cruise seeks to provide Irish data to the ICES Working Group on Oceanic Hydrography (WGOH). The WGOH produces the annual ICES Report on Ocean Climate (IROC) which summarises oceanic variability from year to year in the...
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CE12001 Celtic Explorer Oceanography Survey (Ocean Climate) North East Atlantic Ocean 2012TimpeallachtThis ten day survey took place in January 2012 on board the RV Celtic Explorer, led by the Marine Institute. This cruise was designed to contribute Ireland's data to the ICES working group on oceanic hydrography (WGOH). WGOH produce the ICES Report on Ocean Climate...
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CE12003 Celtic Explorer Cetaceans on the Frontier III Cruise North East Atlantic Ocean 2012TimpeallachtThis multidisciplinary survey was conducted by Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT) on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer, as part of the programme Cetaceans on the Frontier. ‘Cetaceans on the Frontier’ has become an annual research cruise, lead...
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CE11001 Celtic Explorer Ocean Climate Oceanography, Biogeochemistry and Geology Survey North East...TimpeallachtThe 2011 Annual Marine Institute oceanographic survey in the North Atlantic Ocean took place in January 2011 on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer in the North East Atlantic Ocean. The aim of the cruise was to collect CTD profile data along the standard...
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An acoustic survey targeting blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou) spawning and post spawning aggregations in the north east Atlantic in March"April 2010. Spawning takes place from January through to April along the shelf edge from the southern Porcupine Bank area...
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TimpeallachtThis 17 day survey, led by National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) took place in June 2014 in the North East Atlantic Ocean (along the Whittard Canyon), on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer. The objective of the survey was to build on previous...
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This survey was carried out by the Marine Institute and National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) in May 2008 on board the R.V. Celtic Explorer along the Irish Continental Shelf . It was a collaborative multi-disciplinary research effort between the Earth and Ocean...
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TimpeallachtThis three week research survey led by National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) took place on board the Marine Institute's R.V. Celtic Explorer in June"July 2013. The Biodiscovery and Ecosystem Function of Canyons Survey investigated a wide diversity of...
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TimpeallachtThis acoustic-trawl survey was carried out on board the RV Celtic Explorer in North West Atlantic Ocean Labrador Sea in April 2013 to map out the distribution and abundance of northern cod off Newfoundland and Labrador. Also map out the distribution and abundance of capelin...
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TimpeallachtLakes play a key role in the global carbon cycle, transporting, processing and storing organic carbon (OC) along the land-ocean aquatic continuum. An OC budget for Lough Feeagh (Ireland), an oligotrophic, peatland lake in a temperate oceanic location, was estimated for one...
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CoClime - Probability of phytoplankton (Alexandrium species) presence, Southwest Ireland - presen...TimpeallachtThis is the output of GBM (Gradient Boosting Model) analyses of Alexandrium spp. presence and absnece data done by MI OCIS and CoCliME project. This output dataset shows prediction of probability of Alexandrium spp. presence in present time (1997 - 2016) in SW Ireland. The...
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CoClime - Probability of phytoplankton (Dinophysis acuta) presence, Southwest Ireland - present t...TimpeallachtThis is the output of GBM (Gradient Boosting Model) analyses of D. acuta presence and absnece data done by MI OCIS and CoCliME project. This output dataset shows prediction of probability of D. acuta presence in present time (1997 - 2016) in SW Ireland. The analyses was...