FS Alkor AL319
Cruise plan
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FS Alkor (06A6) |
| Cruise identifier | AL319 |
| Cruise period | 2008-05-15 — 2008-05-28 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Kiel, Germany |
| Port of return | Kiel, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This cruise investigated how hydrographic frontal systems in the North Sea impact on the distribution of plankton and benthos, thereby also affecting biological interactions. It was a pilot study of the EU project BASIN. |
| Chief scientist | Michael St John (Hamburg University Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science) |
| Project | BASIN |
| Coordinating body | European Union (EU) |
| NPRC |  (0.23 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | Area A: Northern North Sea, delimited by 56°N, 59°N, 001°W, 002°E Area B: Central/Southern North Sea, delimited by 53°30' N, 55°30'N, 001°E, 005°E |
