Biomass and Abundance of Bacteria, Plankton and Meiofauna Measured during the JGOFS North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE)

In addition, JGOFS hopes to improve global-scale predictions of the ocean's response to human-induced climate change. The North Atlantic Bloom Experiment (NABE) was a multidisciplinary, multinational pilot study of JGOFS, studying the spring phytoplankton bloom in the North Atlantic and its associated biogeochemical processes.

It took place from April until July, 1989, on two cruises of the RV Atlantis II and one cruise of the RV Endeavor. The stations in the North Atlantic were located from 18N to 72N and from 8W to 47W. Abundance and biomass of the following groupings of organisms were estimated: tintinnids, mesodinium, copepods, copepod nauplii, foraminifers, stylonche, holotria, heterotrophic dinoflagellates, plastidic oligotrich ciliates, non-plastidic oligotrich ciliates, heterotrophic nanoplankton, phototrophic nanoplankton, cyanobacteria, and bacteria.