Maria S. Merian-Cruise (2013) Mike St. John et al. 23 days in March/April RV 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 II North 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 track Norway Iceland Germany USA RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 29-30 Sep 2011

Equipment + Time 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

EURO-BASIN Planned Cruise Campaigns as listed in POGO-SCOR & EUROFLEETS Cruise Databases Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec G.O. Sars, IMR 18/3 6/4 B. Saemundsson 7/4 2/5 Meteor, DFG 2012 Regional Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un. (external contribution) RV Dana, DTU-Aqua (external contribution) 2013 Trans- atlantic B. Saemundsson, MRI, Iceland James Cook, NOC, UK G.O. Sars, IMR 1/5 1/6 4/6 30/6 Maria S. Meriam, DFG Celtic Explorer, Memorial Un. (external contribution) CRUISE Campaigns 2012-2013 (updated Sept 2011) FP7 EURO-BASIN, www.euro-basin.eu