PROJECTS
PROJECTS
Our institutional goal is to study and describe the long-term or changing conditions within the oceans. Much of our work is supported by specific federal, state, and private awards, and so each project will have its own individual scope and goals. Typically, the project results and conclusions are fully accessible by the public once the study has been completed. The forums for this accessibility may include the funding agency’s data repositories or the scientific literature. If appropriate, New England Oceanographic’s website can also provide access to the project information. Under this Projects Menu, we briefly describe some of the on-going projects of our researchers and provide downloadable data either for other scientists or for the interested public.
A pom pom anemone (Liponema multicornis) from the deep Gulf of Maine is rarely found and much more rarely photographed. (Photo by R. Langton.)
Gulf of maine
Significant plant productivity in the Gulf of Maine has supported a rich ecosystem. Excess organic material from this productivity sinks throughout the Gulf, and it fuels biota at all depths including all fish populations. Several aspects of these ecosystem dynamics have been studied by New England Oceanographic’s scientists.
Aft of the research vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer, an iceberg from the Antarctic continent is drifting north. (photo by D. Burdige)
Antarctic Iron
This study found significant quantities of iron sequestered in the continental shelf sediments of Antarctica. But very little of the iron is soluble near the sediment-water interface so almost none diffuses back into the water column.