The spring is the time when everything turns green on land and the same thing happens at sea. Microscopic algae starts to grow in the water and forms a spring bloom, which typically is the annual peak in biological activity. In this cruise we are studying the flux of the carbon (taken up as CO2 during photosynthesis) in the ecosystem.
We will also study the effects of a large inflow event of salt water from the North Sea on the plankton community. This salt water pulse came into the Baltic Sea a year ago and flows slowly northwards along the sea floor.
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