conversion of nitrogen species into forms unavailable for biological use, generally into nitrogen gas.
Diatoms
type of phytoplankton that requires silica.
Dinoflagellates
armoured flagellates.
Discards
fish that are caught but discarded by fishing vessels.
Downscaling
the process of taking model output from a larger scale and applying it to smaller scales which may be below the initial resolution of the model.
Eco-hydrodynamics
the movement and physical properties of the sea impacts the ecosystem found there.
El Nino – Southern Oscillation
periodic atmospheric and oceanic coupling in the Pacific region where conditions on one side of the ocean can dramatically impact the ecosystems and climate on the other. An important component of the global climate system.
Eutrophication
The undesirable disturbance to ecosystem health and water quality that arises from nutrient enrichment caused by human activity.
Ferryboxes
ferries make repeated journeys and are used as platforms for packages of scientific instruments allowing important cost effective measurements of, for example nutrients and salinity, to be made.
Flagellates
a type of phytoplankton.
Global Climate Models
computer simulators of the climate system that cover the whole planet.
Great Salinity Anomaly (GSA)
in the late 1960s and through the 1970s a sudden and dramatic decrease in surface salinity was observed in progression around the North Atlantic that has been called the Great Salinity Anomaly.
GAMS
General Additive Models can be used to investigate relationships between large spatial datasets.
