Yankin Kudancin Tekun Atlantika

Tsarin Atlantic Meridional Transect (wanda aka takaita a matsayin AMT ) shiri ne na nazarin teku mai tsawon shekaru goma wanda ke gudanar da bincike kan halittu, sinadarai da kuma na zahiri a lokacin tafiye-tafiye na shekara-shekara tsakanin Burtaniya da kuma inda za a je a Kudancin Atlantika. An fara shirin AMT mai gudana a shekarar 1995 don tantance hanyoyin halittu a Tekun Atlantika daga mesoscale zuwa sikelin kwarin . Aikin farko na shirin shine daidaita ma'auni da samfuran da na'urar firikwensin tauraron dan adam ta SeaWiFS (1997-2010) ta samar don samar da chlorophyll na teku.

Shirin AMT yana ƙarƙashin jagorancin Dakin Gwaji na Plymouth Marine, tare da tallafi daga Cibiyar Nazarin Teku ta Ƙasa . A halin yanzu Majalisar Binciken Muhalli ta Halitta (NERC) ce ke ba da kuɗaɗen gudanar da shi. Tun lokacin da aka kafa shi a shekarar 1995, shirin ya gudanar da rangadin bincike guda 26 tare da masana kimiyya 256 da aka ɗauko daga ƙasashe 22.  Shirin AMT ya samar da bayanai ga wallafe-wallafe sama da 300 da aka yi wa hukunci,  da kuma rubuce-rubucen PhD guda 75. 

Tsarin dawowar jirgin ruwa na shirin AMT yana aiki tsakanin Burtaniya a Arewacin Atlantika da Tsibirin Falkland, Chile ko Afirka ta Kudu a yankin kudu, kuma jimlar nisansa zai iya kaiwa  .  Hanyar ta ratsa larduna da dama na biogeochemical, ciki har da tsarin haɓɓaka yanayi mai kyau da kuma yanayin ƙasa mai kyau, da kuma gyres na arewa da kudancin tekun Atlantika na oligotrophic . A cikin ɗaukar samfurin wannan nau'ikan halittu masu ban sha'awa na planktonic, tafiye-tafiyen shirin AMT suna samar da bayanai masu daidaito a kan faɗin sikelin sararin samaniya, kuma suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen fahimtar zagayowar carbon na teku.

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