FS Alkor AL221
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Alkor (06A6) |
| Cruise identifier | AL221 |
| Cruise period | 2003-06-15 — 2003-06-24 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kiel, Germany |
| Port of return | Kiel, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | The cruise will be conducted within the framework of the research projects: GLOBEC-Germany, Trophische Wechselwirkung zwischen Zooplankton und Fischen unter dem Einflub physikalischer Prozesse and LIFECO, Linking hydrographic frontal activity to ecosystem dynamics in the North Sea and Skagerrak: Importance to fish stock recruitment (EUQ5RS-2000-30183).
This cruise will focus on investigating how hydrographic frontal systems in the North Sea impact the recruitment success of sprat (Sprattus sprattus). This ALKOR 221 cruise will be part of a two-ship survey and will be conducted in parallel with cruises of RV Heincke (1st leg, German Bight) and RV Dana (2nd leg, Doggerbank). |
| Chief scientist | Jens Floeter (Hamburg University Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science) |
| Project | GLOBEC, LIFECO |
| NPRC |  (0.04 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | German Bight, Dogger Bank. |
