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, Sep 2011
Cruise Dates 23 days in March/April 2013 RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 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, Sep 2011
Cruise track Norway Germany Iceland USA RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, Sep 2011
Equipment + Time RV METEOR ‘Deep Convection’ Cruise 2012 EURO-BASIN Cruise Programme, 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, 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, Sep 2011
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CRUISE Campaigns (updated Sept 2011) FP7 EURO-BASIN, Jan Feb Ma r AprMay Jun Jul AugSepOct NovDec 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) 18/36/4 7/42/5 1/51/64/630/6