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RV Maria S. Merian MSM72

Cruise summary report

Cruise Info. 
Ship name (ship code)RV Maria S. Merian (06M2)
Cruise identifierMSM72
Cruise period2018-03-02 — 2018-04-03
StatusCompleted
Port of departureHeraklion, Greece
Port of returnCadiz, Spain
PurposeResearch
ObjectivesThe main goal of the cruise was to contribute to the understanding of long-term changes and trends in physical and biogeochemical parameters, such as the anthropogenic carbon uptake and to still evaluate the hydrographical situation after the major climatological shifts in the eastern and western part of the basin, known as the Eastern and Western Mediterranean Transients.
Chief scientistDagmar Hainbucher (University of Hamburg Oceanography Institute)
Cruise reportRV Maria S. Merian MSM72 cruise report mariasmerian_msm72.pdf (6.13 MB) 
Ocean/sea areas 
GeneralMediterranean Sea