Secchi is the mobile interface to the Secchi Disk project enabling any seafarer to take part in a global study of the phytoplankton in our oceans. By using this app you will help us learn more about the phytoplankton at a time when their habit is altering due to climate change.
The phytoplankton in the sea, although they are invisible to the naked eye, are the ocean’s most important inhabitants since they begin the plankton food web that underpins the marine food chain. Today, there is evidence that the phytoplankton are being affected by climate change with ensuing ramifications for the life in the sea and the ecology of our planet.
Scientists need to know more about how the phytoplankton are changing both seasonally and from year to year, and this is where seafarers and the Secchi App can help out.
Along with the Secchi App, all you need do to take part is make a very simple piece of scientific equipment called a Secchi Disk and use it to record the Secchi Depth when you are at sea.
Full instructions on how to make and use a Secchi Disk and measure the Secchi Depth are included in the Secchi App and they can also be found at the website www.SecchiDisk.org.
透明度是移动界面的透明度磁盘使任何海员参加我们的海洋浮游植物的一项全球性研究项目。通过使用这个程序，你将帮助我们了解更多的时候，他们的习惯正在改变，由于气候变化的浮游植物。
，虽然他们是肉眼看不到的，在海中的浮游植物是海洋的最重要的居民，因为他们开始浮游生物食物网的海洋食物链的基础。今天，有证据表明，浮游植物正受到气候变化在海上的生命和我们的地球生态与随之而来的后果。
科学家们需要更多地了解如何浮游植物变化的季节和每年，这是海员和的透明度应用程序可以帮助。
随着透明度应用，所有你需要做的，参加的是一个非常简单的科学设备，所谓的透明度磁盘，并用它来记录的透明度深度，当你在海上。
完整说明如何制作和使用一个透明度的磁盘和测量的透明度深度都包含在的透明度应用程序和他们也可以在网站www.SecchiDisk.org。

Version 1.09
Minor changes to reflect organisational changes within the team.