FFS Walther Herwig III 266
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name (ship code) | FFS Walther Herwig III (06NI) |
| Cruise identifier | 266 |
| Cruise period | 2004-07-26 — 2004-08-26 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Port of return | Bremerhaven, Germany |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | 1. To participate in the ICES co-ordinated 'International Bottom Trawl Survey' in the North Sea, 3.quarter.
2. Biological monitoring of the fish fauna in 6 small areas (boxes). 3. Distribution of temperature, salinity and nutrients in the area of investigation. 4. Monitoring of the benthic epi- and infauna in the boxes and in the German Bight |
| Project | International Bottom Trawl Survey |
| Cruise report |  (2.70 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Subsurface temperature and salinity measurements | Quantity: number of hauls = 166 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. A number of samples were made during the hauls aswell. |
| Biology and fisheries | |
| Benthic bacteria/micro-organisms | Quantity: number of hauls = 166 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. A number of samples were made during the hauls aswell. |
| Geology and geophysics | |
| Grab | Quantity: number of hauls = 166 Description: A number of half hour trawls were made during the cruise. A number of samples were made during the hauls aswell. |
