Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Elisabeth Mann Borgese	EMB213	06.05.2019 - 18.05.2019	BLMP+ COMBINE	Baltic Sea Western Baltic Sea Baltic Proper

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Dutz Joerg	Leibniz-Institut fur Ostseeforschung, Warnemunde	Rostock	Rostock	Karte Map

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

The cruise contributes to the international environmental monitoring program of the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) carried out by the Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research in Warnemunde (IOW). The acquired data will be used for the regular national and international assessments of the state of the Baltic Sea (e.g. HELCOM 2018) and the assessment of long-term trends in the hydrographical and biological data. During the expedition, research was conducted at 139 stations aiming at the description of the hydrographic and chemical situation along a transect from the western Baltic Sea (Kiel Bight, Bay of Mecklenburg) to the northern Baltic Sea via the major Basins (Arkona Sea, Bornholm Basin, Gotland Sea including Faro Channel, Landsort Deep, Karlso Deep). Four additional traverse transects were conducted in the western and eastern Gotland Basin in order to investigate the lateral transport of water into the deeper basin. At selected stations, samples were taken to determine nutrient concentrations and various biological parameters describing the phyto- and zooplankton taxonomic composition/ abundance. For projektwork, additional zooplnakton samples were taken for the establishment of live cultures of zooplnakton and the taxonomic analysis of zooplankton in the Baltic Sea using molecular metabarcoding

Messungen / Measurements