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Datenzentrum Inventur der Meteor-Reise M71-2 (DOD-Ref-No.20070009)
Inventory of Meteor Cruise M71-2 (DOD-Ref-No.20070009)

Plattform
Platform
Reise-Nr.
Cruise-No.
Zeitraum
Period
Projekt
Project
Arbeitsgebiet
Working area
Meteor M71-2 28.12.2006 - 14.01.2007 CEDAMAR
 
Mediterranean Sea  

Fahrtleiter
Chief Scientist
Institut
Institute
Auslaufhafen
Port of departure
Einlaufhafen
Port of return
Stationskarte
Station map
Schiffsroute
Trackchart
Turkay Michael Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg, Frankfurt Heraklion Heraklion   

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

The main target of the expedition was the investigation of the diversity of the deep sea benthic fauna of the eastern Mediterranean deep sea and its correlation with abiotic and biotic parameters, particularly with depth and distance to coast.This study of the diversity covered all size classes from microbes to megafauna.For an adequate sampling a sufficient number of replicates is required. This is why work was restricted to two areas with three sampling station within each area. 5 replicate samples with the multicorer and 8 replicates with the box corer as well as 4 epibenthic sledge tows abnd 3-4 beamtrawls per area will allow to estimate the representativity of the fauna caught at the individual stations. Through this, the factors governing the diversity and productivity will be better understood. The final target is the estimation of the relative importance of pelagic production versus lateral transport for explaining diversity patterns in the extremely oligotrophic Levantine Basin. The operations started by mapping the seabed with a multibeam sounder. Sampling with the mentioned gear took place on three stations, which were about 10 nm apaert from each other and lasted until January 4, 2007 21.23 UTC. The second investigation area (Ierapetra Basin) was reached on January 5, 2007 at 02.33 UTC. The same operations on similarly positioned 3 stations went on until January 14, 2007.

Messungen / Measurements

Institut
Institute
Wissenschaftler
Scientist
Anzahl
Number
Einheit
Unit
Typ der Messungen
Type of measurements
Kommentar
Comments
Daten im DOD
Data in DOD
ISF Turkay Michael 8 hauls B90
Other biological / fishery measurements
4 epibenthic sledges per station no
ISF Turkay Michael 8 trawls B90
Other biological / fishery measurements
4 beamtrawls per station no
ISF Turkay Michael 24 cores G03
Core-rock (no. of cores)
8 per station no
ISF Turkay Michael 12 cores G04
Core-soft bottom (no. of cores)
4 per station no
ISF Turkay Michael - n miles G74
Multi-beam echosounding
EM 120 Facherlot no
ISF Turkay Michael 1 stations H00
Stations
- yes
ISF Turkay Michael 3 stations H10
CTD-Stations
3 per station no
ISF Turkay Michael - n miles H80
Other physical measurements
Underway measurements during the whole trip such as coordinates, depth, meteorological parameter and so on yes
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