Earth System Science Theme Leader

这项研究有两个组成部分。1. 这项工作将利用机遇船（从事其他商业或研究活动的船只）作为平台，在海洋的偏远地区收集气溶胶样本。这些结果将使我们能够估计大气中氮、磷和铁等关键营养物质的供应对海洋生产力的重要性，以及未来这种情况将如何变化。2. 这项工作将研究是什么控制着北海北部关键营养氮的循环，以及这是如何影响浮游植物的生产力的，而浮游植物最终会影响鱼类的产量。

This research has tow components. 1. The work will use ships of opportunity (ships engaged in other activities, commercial or research) as platforms to collect aerosol samples in remote regions of the ocean. The results will allow us to estimate how important atmospheric supply of key nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and iron is to the productivity of the oceans, and how this may change in the future. 2. The work will look at what controls the cycling of the key nutrient nitrogen in the Northern North Sea and how this affects the productivity of phytoplankton which ultimately influences the production of fish.