First Days on the SSB cruise at Celtic Sea

The first cruise of the Shelf Sea Biogeochemistry (SSB) programme, co-funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) sails from  the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton on 18th March and it will last until 11th April 2014

The SSB programme involves over 100 scientists from 15 research  centres.