New insights into POC dynamics in the subtropical northeast Atlantic Ocean

[EN]The capacity of the ocean to sequester atmospheric carbon (CO2) depends to a large extent on the dynamics of biogenic carbon in the water column. However, most current global and regional estimates of carbon balances are solely based on particles collected with drifting and moored sediment traps. As a consequence, construction of ocean carbon budgets has long been guided by the simplification introduced by sediment traps, which give a 1D vision of the whole picture. In this thesis we have assessed a quantitative analysis of the flux magnitude and the mechanisms of transport of the whole particle spectrum (suspended, slowly-sinking and sinking particles).

Procesos migratorios: conceptos, fuentes y metodologías de análisis

Seminario Formativo del Programa de Doctorado Islas Atlánticas. Línea de investigación 1: Retos de la investigación en las dinámicas históricas y sociales del mundo atlántico, 2 y 3 de junio de 2016. Coordinado por Santiago de Luxán Meléndez. Aula Máster de la Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.