Bio-Optical Oceanographer Dr. Gavin Tilstone (PML) recently presented research at the ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting held in the Palma Convention Centre of Palma de Mallorca (4–9 June 2023), with a talk entitled ‘Contrasting patterns of primary production in the Atlantic Ocean’. The conference was under the theme of “Resilience and Recovery in Aquatic Systems”, aimed at exploring, and reflecting on past events, adaptability, recovery of freshwater and marine ecosystems.
Dr. Tilstone’s oral presentation was related to Earth Science Case 1 which he leads in the context of the PRIMUS project. The study involves a comparative analysis of the 25-year time-series of NPP data for the Iberian, Canary and Benguela systems in relation to upwelling indices and variations in climate indices, such as the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO).
Dr. Gavin Tilstone presenting the first results from his PRIMUS Earth Science Case at ASLO (Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography) Aquatic Sciences Meeting 2023 at the Palma Convention Centre of Palma de Mallorca, in Spain.
The work and career of Dr. Tilstone as a Merit Scientist at PML with over 25 years’ experience in the fields of optical properties, phytoplankton, photosynthesis, primary production, and ocean colour remote sensing, have also been featured in a recent article published on the PML website. In this article, Dr. Tilstone talks about his career highlights while working in the Earth Observation and Science Applications group at PML, where he has lead numerous research projects and collaborations based on using satellite ocean colour observations to study and quantify the marine carbon cycle. He also talks about his numerous fieldwork campaigns across the entire Atlantic Ocean, in a broad range of ocean settings, from the highly productive Arctic and Antarctic oceans, to the so-called “ocean deserts”, where marine primary production is low during most of the year. You can read the full article here.
Dr. Gavin Tilstone working at sea.