Twilight Zone Of Western Pacific Ocean Ecological Research
Aim
TOWER will deliever new knowlege of ecosystem in the twilight zone of the Western Pacifici Ocean.With
invention of new sampling and observation equipments, this project will obtain high-quality in situ time-course
samples and images of organisms in different size scales and carry out long-term monitering of water current and
geochemical factors.This requires tight coorperations between our engineers and scientists to fullfill the goal
of TOWER to achieve world class modeling and quantification of vertical element cycles and in the twilight zone.
The South China Sea (SCS) as a part of the Western Pacific Ocean is under high impacts of open oceans and human
activities. TOWER will put efforts in understanding the dynamics and formation of SCS twilight ecosystem.This will
help policy makers to estimate the ecological crisis in SCS under unlimited discharge of wastes and extensive fishery
resource harvesting.
Funding
TOWER is supported by Shenzhen Pengcheng Scholar grant and National Natural Science Fundation of China.
Our Team Shenzhen International Graduate School of Tsinghua University and University of Maryland
Prof Yong Wang Dr. Jin Zhou Ms. Yiqing Li
Principal Investigator Science Coordinator Project Manager
Contact usTelephone: +86-755-86709751
Email: wangyong@sz.tsinghua.edu.cn
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