RV Simon Stevin 17-280
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | RV Simon Stevin (11SS) |
| Cruise identifier | 17-280 |
| Cruise period | 2017-05-08 — 2017-05-12 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Ostend, Belgium |
| Port of return | Ostend, Belgium |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | This cruise is planned in the framework of the Jerico-Next project. The main objective is to improve and innovate the cooperation in coastal observatories in Europe. Within several tasks of this project the study of plankton biodiversity is a central point. During this cruise focus will lay on sampling this taxonomic group using different sensors and methods. Both discrete samples and samples from the underway system will be taken. |
| Chief scientist | Lennert Tyberghein (Flanders Marine Institute) |
| Cruise report |  (0.72 MB) |
| NPRC | (0.13 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | English Channel North Sea |
| Specific | Thames estuary, southern bight of the North Sea, eastern English Channel. |
