1. Maria S. Merian-Cruise (2013)
Mike St. John et al.
23 days in March/April
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2. Cruise Dates 23 days in March/April 2013
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3. 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
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4. Cruise track Norway Iceland Germany USA
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5. Equipment + Time RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012
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6. Accommodation 23 berth (5 single 9 double cabins)
with own shower and toilet
Fitness room and sauna
Bar
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7. 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)
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8. Further information
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9. 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 (updated Sept 2011)
FP7 EURO-BASIN,