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FFS Walther Herwig III 291

Cruise plan

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)FFS Walther Herwig III (06NI)
Cruise identifier291
Cruise period2006-08-22 — 2006-09-08
StatusCompleted
Port of departureBremerhaven, Germany
Port of returnBremerhaven, Germany
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesInvestigations on biological effects of contaminants, including fish diseases and parasites; sampling for analysis of organic contaminants and trace metals in fish for national (BLMP) and international monitoring programmes (OSPAR-CEMP, HELCOM-Combine, ICES), accompanying physical oceanography (CTD, oxygen); sampling for investigations and projects of co-operating institutions
Chief scientistThomas Lang (Federal Research Centre for Fisheries, Hamburg)
NPRCFFS Walther Herwig III 291 NPRC waltherherwig_291.pdf (0.24 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralBaltic Sea
North Sea
SpecificArkona Basin