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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. |