Arni Fridriksson SYNERGY

Cruise plan

Cruise Info.
Ship name (ship code)	Arni Fridriksson (46AS)
Cruise identifier	SYNERGY
Cruise period	2022-06-18 — 2022-06-25
Status	Completed
Port of departure	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Port of return	Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
Purpose	Research
Objectives	The SYNERGY cruise aimed to collect concurrent datasets on physics, prey and seabirds to investigate biophysical mechanisms underlying seabird foraging decisions. A combination of CTDs, Echosounders, Pelagic Trawls, Demersal Trawls and observers were used to collect these datasets. Analysis will focus on underdstanding how physical conditions influence prey behaviour and distribution, and how prey behavuour and distribution influence seabird foraging decisions.
Chief scientist	James Waggitt (Bangor University School of Ocean Sciences)
Ocean/sea areas
General	North West Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W)
Specific	Northwest Iceland
Measurements
Physical oceanography
CTD stations	Quantity: number of stations = 120 Description: CTDs carried out 19 to 24 June 2022
Biology and fisheries
Birds	Quantity: number of surveys = 6 Description: Surveys carried out 19 to 24 June 2022
Geology and geophysics
Single-beam echosounding	Quantity: number of surveys = 6 Description: Surveys carried out 19 to 24 June 2022