Batchelor of Engineering (Environmental)
Contact details for Michael Hughes Michael.Hughes@griffith.edu.au
Thesis
The Impact of Decadal Scale Variations in Merdional Oceanic Circulation on the Biogeochemical Cycling of Carbon West of the Antarctic Peninsula
Description
Shelf waters west of the Antarctic Peninsula are some of the most productive in the Southern Ocean and significant annual phytoplankton blooms occur here. However, this region is undergoing a climate shift towards a relatively warmer state caused by changes in atmospheric and oceanic conditions. The implications of this change on biological production generally, and on the cycling of carbon in particular, are not well understood. It is the aim of this thesis to investigate the role oceanic up-welling has on primary production and the carbon cycle in the region and how projected changes in up-welling may drive production in the future.
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Albert Gabric
- Dr Anand Tularam
Research expertise
- Biological Oceanography
- Remote Sensing
- Time Series Analysis
- Geographic Information Systems