RV Pelagia PE345
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Pelagia (64PE) |
| Cruise identifier | PE345 |
| Cruise period | 2011-09-28 — 2011-10-14 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Het Horntje, Netherlands |
| Port of return | Vigo, Spain |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | Cruise 64PE345 is organized by NIOZ to collect additional observational data and seabed samples for two FP7 EU-funded programs: CoralFISH and HERMIONE. The HERMIONE project is focused on study of various hotspot ecosystems such as canyons (Whittard Canyon) and cold water coral mounds (Belgica Mounds) whereas CoralFISH aims to study relationships between cold water coral ecosystems and fish. Both projects are so-called integrated projects funded by the European Union and comprise partners belonging to the major European marine institutions. Coordinating institutions are National University Galway (Ireland) and NOC (Southampton, UK), respectively. |
| Chief scientist | Marc Lavaleye (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) |
| Cruise report |  (9.19 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.12 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
| Specific | Belgica Mound Province. Whittard Canyon. |
