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RV Belgica 2006-11

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Belgica (11BE)
Cruise identifier2006-11
Cruise period2006-05-29 — 2006-06-10
StatusCompleted
Port of departureZeebrugge, Belgium
Port of returnBrest, France
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesPEACE project: Evaluate the role in climate regulation of calcification, primary production and export processes during coccolithophore blooms, using a transdisciplinary approach that combines process-oriented field investigations with laboratory experiments and modelling tools.
Chief scientistChou Lei (Free University of Brussels, Laboratory of Chemical Oceanography and Water Geochemistry)
NPRCRV Belgica 2006-11 NPRC belgica_2006-11.pdf (0.27 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralEnglish Channel
Celtic Sea
Bay of Biscay
SpecificFrench, UK and Irish Continental Shelf