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Maria S. Merian-Cruise (2013)Mike St. John et al.
23 days in March/AprilRV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Cruise Dates
• 23 days in March/April 2013
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Cruise IINorth Atlantic Habitats: Resolving Physical controls on Biogeochemical and Ecosystem Dynamics.
– Fine scale distribution of marine snow, phytoplankton biomass and production, zooplankton, fish
– Determination of vital rates– Comparative analysis of ecosystem structure and
functioning – Improve our understanding of physical oceanographic
controls on habitat distributions as well as community structure, carbon flux, primary productivity, predator-prey interactions, grazing and vertical flows.
– Advance the state of the art in understanding of the biological pump
– Comparison to the Michael Sars Atlantic expedition in 1910
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Cruise trackNorway
German
y Icel
and
USA
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Equipment + TimeTable I: Gears used at each station 1-9 and 16-31. Time (h) Remarks Gear per haul 1 m2 Double-MOCNESS 3 Apstein, vertical 100 m 1 MSN,vertical 1 CTD with Rosette sampler 2 Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) 8 Towed at 5 kt toward next station ADCP 0 Cont. Total time per station: 15 Table II: Gears used at each station 10-15. Time (h) Remarks Gear per haul Video Plankton Recorder (VPR) 4 Towed at 5 kt toward next station ADCP 0 Cont. Total time per station: 4
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Accommodation
• 23 berth (5 single 9 double cabins)– with own shower and toilet
• Fitness room and sauna
• Bar
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Canteen
• Drinks, souvenirs, sweets, cigarettes etc. can be bought on board
• Have to be paid at the end of the cruise in Euros (if still valid)
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
Further information
http://www.ifm.zmaw.de/leitstelle-meteormerian/reisen-des-fs-maria-s-merian/
RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011
CRUISE Campaigns 2012-2013 (updated Sept 2011) FP7 EURO-BASIN, www.euro-basin.eu
Jan Feb Mar
Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(external contribution)
as listed in POGO-SCOR & EUROFLEETS Cruise Databases
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson, MRI, Iceland
Maria S. Meriam, DFG
Meteor, DFG
Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un.(external contribution)
G.O. Sars, IMR
B. Saemundsson
James Cook, NOC, UK
RV Dana, DTU-Aqua(external contribution)
18/3 6/4
7/4 2/5
1/5 1/6 4/6 30/6