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

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.