RRS James Clark Ross summer 2003 (JR98) Shelf edge internal tides and mixing. Cruise report. RRS Charles Darwin summer 2005 (CD173) Shelf edge internal tides, nutrient fluxes, phytoplankton community. Cruise report. RRS James Cook summer 2008 (JC025) Physics to fishing over shelf sea banks. Cruise report. RRS Discovery summer 2010 (D352) Storms, mixing, and phytoplankton growth in the thermocline. Cruise diary. Cruise report. RRS Discovery autumn 2014 (DY018) NERC Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry Research Programme. Autumn and winter convective mixing, carbon export from the shelf, and the replenishment of shelf nutrients. Cruise Blog: http://jonathanatsea.wordpress.com/ Cruise report Article in The Observer by Rebecca Bell RRS James Clark Ross summer 2016 (JR15007) NERC Ridgemix research project. Cruise Blog: http://jonathanatsea.wordpress.com/ Cruise report. Next major cruises: February/March 2025: CarTRidge project. An expedition to the sub- tropical South Atlantic to determine the effects of internal tidal waves on plankton and the export of carbon to the deep ocean. Summer 2025: eSWEETS project. An expedition to the North Sea to investigate how mixing caused by tidal current flowing past floating offshore wind turbines can affect planktn productivity.

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