Effects of UV-B radiation on Microbial communities in Kongsfjorden

Updated 2003-03-18

Effects of UV-B radiation on microbial communities in Kongsfjorden in relation to metal and dissolved organic matter availabillity.

Comments and additional information:

The project is part of the EU project COMET (Composition of dissolved organic matter and its interaction with metals and ultraviolet radiation in river-ocean systems: impact on the microbial food web)

Status: Ongoing
Project time span: 2001 - 2003
Data collection: 2001 - 2002
Data processing: 2001 - 2003
Data reporting: 2001 - 2003

Contact information

Contact person: Sten-Åke Wangberg
Address: Botanical Institute Goteborg University P.O. Box 461, SE 405 30 Goteborg Sweden
Phone: +46 31 773 26 08
Fax: +46 31 773 26 26
Email: es.ug.ynatob@aws

Parameters and Media

Parameter groups measured/observed/modelled

Biological effects

Heavy metals

UV effects

Media sampled/studied/modelled

Algae (algae, phytoplankton)

Plankton (zooplankton)

Additional information or further specification of types of data / information collected, species / tissues / organs sampled, etc.

bacteria, virus, photosynthetic pigments, UV shielding pigments, photosynthetic activity, Biological Weighting Functions for UVB, Radiation and seawater attenuation.

Geography

Regions studied: UV effects; UV effects

Data availability

Samples/specimens archived in specimen banks?: No

Methods & Procedures

Not specified

Additional Information

Is this a bi- AND multi-lateral project (i.e. a project involving cooperation between different countries)?: Yes
Other institutes involved in the project: NERI, Denmark; DHI, Denmark; AWI, Germany, NIOZ, the Netherlands; Univ. Liverpool, Great Britain.
Is this project reporting to other organizations/programmes?: EU FP5