| Plattform Platform |
Reise-Nr. Cruise-No. |
Zeitraum Period |
Projekt Project |
Arbeitsgebiet Working area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria S. Merian | MSM01-03 | 12.04.2006 - 19.05.2006 | HERMES COMET |
NE Atlantic (Limit 40?W) Gulf of Cadiz |
| Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist | Institut Institute | Auslaufhafen Port of departure | Einlaufhafen Port of return | Stationskarte Station map | Schiffsroute Trackchart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pfannkuche Olaf | Leibniz-Institut fur Meereswissenschaften an der Universitat Kiel | Kiel | Lisboa |
Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:
MSM 1-3 was a multidisciplinary cruise addressing biological, geological and hydrographical objectives in the mud mound province west of Gulf of Cadiz. The cruise was divided in two sub legs starting in Kiel (Germany) with an intermediate stop in Cadiz (Spain) and ended in Lisbon (Portugal). Main Objectives were the measurement of benthic boundary layer bio-geochemical fluxes, fluid and gas flows and investigations of specific ecosystems such as anoxic chemosynthetically based sediment communities and azooxanthellate stone corals. Investigations were partly carried out in the frame of the 'Geotechnology ' Programm of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research., namely by the IFM-GEOMAR based programme COMET (Controls on methane fluxes and their climatic relevance in marine gas hydrate-bearing environments). Another part of the expedition was dedicated to investigations in the frame of the EU FP-6 programme HERMES (Hotspot Ecosystem Research on the Margins of European Seas). 6 HERMES partners participated in the cruise. Both programmes were comprehensive and thematically complex thus there were a magnitude of content-oriented, personell and logistic cross cuttings besides the geographical orientation to the Gulf of Cadiz.
Messungen / Measurements
| Institut Institute |
Wissenschaftler Scientist |
Anzahl Number |
Einheit Unit |
Typ der Messungen Type of measurements |
Kommentar Comments |
Daten im DOD Data in DOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 12 | stations | B16 Benthic bacteria / micro-organisms |
Porewater geochemistry, microbes and meiofauna in sediment profiles (Multicorer samples) | no |
| UERLAN | Freiwald Andre | 44 | stations | B18 Zoobenthos |
Van Veen grab and USNEL box grab, macrobenthos | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 23 | stations | B18 Zoobenthos |
Ocean Floor Observation System surveys, track lines (video films, sea floor still photos) | no |
| UERLAN | Freiwald Andre | 44 | stations | G02 Grab |
Van Veen grab and USNEL box grab, macrobenthos | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 5 | stations | G03 Core-rock (no. of cores) |
TV grab, rock samples and sea floor images | no |
| IFMGEO | Schonfeld Joachim | 46 | stations | G04 Core-soft bottom (no. of cores) |
Gravity corer (3-12m), pore water geochemistry, microbes, paleo-oceanography | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 5 | stations | G08 Bottom photography |
TV grab, rock samples and sea floor images | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 23 | stations | G08 Bottom photography |
Ocean Floor Observation System surveys, track lines (video films, sea floor still photos) | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 16 | stations | G71 In-situ sea floor measurements |
Bottom Lander deployments, benthic boundary layer physics, activity, gas flux | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 11 | stations | G74 Multi-beam echosounding |
Several track lines per station | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 12 | stations | G90 Other geological or geophysical measurements |
Porewater geochemistry, microbes and meiofauna in sediment profiles (Multicorer samples) | no |
| IFMGEO | Dullo Wolf-Christian | 57 | stations | H10 CTD-Stations |
CTD/Rosette watersampler casts | no |
| IFMGEO | Dullo Wolf-Christian | 57 | stations | H21 Oxygen |
CTD/Rosette watersampler casts | no |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | 1 | n miles | H80 Other physical measurements |
Underway measurements during the whole trip such as coordinates, depth, meteorological parameter and so on | yes |
Verankerungen / Moorings
| Institut Institute |
Wissenschaftler Scientist |
Typ der Messungen Type of measurements |
Kommentar Comments |
geogr.Breite Latitude |
geogr.Länge Longitude |
Daten im DOD Data in DOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | B73 | Bottom Lander with cameras, ADCPs, CTD, turbidity sensor, sediment trap, | 35° 22.0' N | 6° 49.6' E | - |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | G71 | Bottom Lander with cameras, ADCPs, CTD, turbidity sensor, sediment trap, | 35° 22.0' N | 6° 49.6' E | - |
| IFMGEO | Pfannkuche Olaf | G71 | Bottom Lander with pore water pressure lance and CTD | 35° 39.7' N | 7° 20.0' E | - |