Disclaimer: These findings are the personal interpretation of the students involved and do not reflect the views of the University of Southampton, the National Oceanography Centre or Falmouth Marine School.
Useful Links
Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/oes/
Falmouth Marine School
http://www.falmouthmarineschool.ac.uk/
Mapping European Seabed Habitats
Centre for Ecology and Hydrology site at Wallingford [01.07.13]
www.nwl.ac.uk/ih/nrfa/webdata/048003/g2006.html
JNCC (Joint Nature Conservation Committee) [01.07.13]
http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/protectedsites/sacselection/sac.asp?EUCode=UK0013112
Met Office, Falmouth Weather Observations [02.07.13] http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/falmouth#?tab=last24hours&fcTime=13 72633200
References
Classification Of Bivalve Mollusc Production Areas In England And Wales, Sanitary Survey Report, Fal Estuary (Lower) and Percuil River (Cornwall) 2012, Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft: CEFAS.
Cornwall Rivers Project, Geography, Fal and Tresillian, [Online], 2006. Available:
http://www.cornwallriversproject.org.uk/geography/fal.htm [29.06.13].
Franks, P.J.S. 1992. ‘Phytoplankton blooms at fronts: patterns, scales, and physical forcing mechanisms’. Reviews in Aquatic Sciences, 6,121-137.
Knauss, J. 1997. Introduction to Physical Oceanography Second ed. Prentice-Hall Inc. New Jersey.
Langston, W.J., Chesman, B.S., Burt, G.R., Hawkins, S.J., Readman, J. and Worsfold, P. 2003. ‘Characterisation of European Marine Sites – The Fal and Helford’. Marine Biological Association Occasional Publication, 8, 1-174.
Libes, M.S., 1992. An Introduction to Marine Biogeochemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Canada.
Mason, E., Coombs, S. and Oliveira, P.B., 2005. ‘An Overview of the Literature Concerning the Oceanography of the Eastern North Atlantic Region’. Relat. Cient. Téc. IPIMAR, Digital Series, 33.
Met Office, Falmouth Weather Observations, [Online], no date. Available: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/observations/falmouth#?tab=last24hours&fcTime=13 72633200 [02.07.13].
Sharples, J., 2007. ‘Potential Impacts of the Spring-Neap Tidal Cycle on Shelf Sea Primary Production’. Journal of Plankton Research, 30, 3, 183-197.
Smayda, T.J. and Reynolds, C.S., 2001. Community Assembly in Marine Phytoplankton:Application of Recent Models to Harmful Dinoflagellate Blooms. Journal of Plankton Research, 23 (5). 447-461.
Somerfield, P.J., Gee, J.M. & Warwick, R.M. 1994. ‘Soft Sediment Meiofaunal Community Structure In Relation To A Long-Term Heavy Metal Gradient In The Fal Estuary System’. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 105, 79-88.
South West Water/Environment Agency - Fal Estuary Water Quality Investigation Jan 2009 - April 2011 Case Study, [Online], 2012. Available:
http://www.shellfish.org.uk/SAGB_Publications.php?thisfolder=99 [31.06.13].
Methods References
Manual chlorophyll, dissolved Phosphate and Silicon
Parsons T. R. Maita Y. and Lalli c., 1984. “ A manual of chemical and biological methods for
seawater analysis” 173 p. Pergamon.
Dissolved oxygen
Grasshoff, K., K. Kremling, and M. Ehrhardt., 1999. Methods of seawater analysis. 3rd ed. Wiley-VCH.
Nitrate by Flow injection analysis
Johnson K. and Petty R.L., 1983. “Determination of nitrate and nitrite in seawater by flow injection analysis”. Limnology and Oceanography, 28, 1260-1266.