RAPID: Assessing the Response of the Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge Ecosystem to an Indian Ocean Dipole Event
- Lead PI: Dr. Joaquim I Goes , Helga do Rosario Gomes
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Unit Affiliation: Biology and Paleo Environment, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- March 2020 - February 2023
- Inactive
- Indian Ocean ; North America
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: Investigate the effects of the Indian Dipole Event on phytoplankton productivity in the the tuna-rich fishing grounds of the Seychelles-Chagos Thermocline Ridge (SCTR) in the eastern Equatorial Indian Ocean.