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FS Meteor M27_2
Cruise summary report
Cruise Info. | |
Ship name (ship code) | FS Meteor (06M3) |
Cruise identifier | M27_2 |
Cruise period | 1994-01-21 — 1994-02-08 |
Status | Completed |
Port of departure | A Coruña, Spain |
Port of return | Lisbon, Portugal |
Purpose | Research |
Objectives | Sediment and water sampling off NW Spain and on the BIOTRANS site with scientists from BIO-C-FLUX (Biological Carbon Transport in the Benthic Boundary Zone of the Open Ocean) and German JGOFS Programmes participating. The cruise was curtailed when the ship was damaged in a severe storm. |
Chief scientist | Olaf Pfannkuche (Research Center for Marine Geosciences, Kiel) |
Project | JGOFS and BIO-C-FLUX |
Cruise report | (3.90 MB) |
Ocean/sea areas | |
General | North East Atlantic Ocean (limit 40W) |
Track charts | (0.25 MB) (0.12 MB) |
Measurements | |
Physical oceanography | |
Current meters | Description: Current and sediment data was collected throughout the cruise. No. of measurements not noted. |
Chemical oceanography | |
Trace elements | Description: Sediment and element levels within the water were analysed during the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Contamination | |
Suspended matter | Description: Sediment and element levels within the water were analysed during the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Trace metals | Description: Sediment and element levels within the water were analysed during the cruise. No. of samples not noted. |
Biology and fisheries | |
Sediment traps | Description: Current and sediment data was collected throughout the cruise. No. of measurements not noted. |
Zooplankton | Quantity: number of samples = 1 Description: A number of zooplankton samples were collected during the cruise. |