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FS Poseidon PO254

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FS Poseidon (06PO)
Cruise identifierPO254
Cruise period1999-07-24 — 1999-08-06
StatusCompleted
Port of departureKiel, Germany
Port of returnKristiansand, Norway
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesSubmersible JAGO was on board for targeted sampling of sponges. Colleagues from the National Oceanography Centre (NOCS) in Southampton made a digital side scan sonar map of much of the Sula reef.
Chief scientistWalter Michaelis (University of Hamburg Meteorological Institute)
ProjectBOSMAN (Boreal Sponges: Sources of Marine Natural Products)
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralNorth Sea
SpecificSula Reef (Norwegian Shelf)