Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Sonne	SO280	07.01.2021 - 08.02.2021	DIVA II ICEAGE	NE Atlantic (Limit 40?W) North Atlantic Ocean

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Brix Saskia	Deutsches Zentrum fur Mar.-Biodiversitat	Emden	Emden

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

IceDivA aims to be the link between the two previous deep-sea programs, IceAGE (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology) and DIVA (Latitudinal Gradients in BioDIVersity in the deep Atlantic) in the deep Atlantic Ocean, and connect to the recent EU project iAtlantic. The IceAGE3 (SO276; MerMet 17-06) expedition in summer 2020 extended the project's station network, with stations in the Icelandic Basin of >3,000m depth and extended the depth transect southward of Iceland. Continuing from the southernmost IceAGE3 station, during IceDivA we sampled a N-S transect towards the Azores ending at 32?N, therefore also being linked with the BIODIAZ (Controls in benthic and pelagic BIODIversity of the AZores) and MAPS (Madeiran Archipelago Pre-Seamount Stages) projects. The research area is located within the target regions of the EU project iAtlantic (among others: the Porcupine Abyssal Plain and the Azores platform). To map the species diversity and answer questions on the connectivity of deep-sea fauna along latitudinal gradients in the Atlantic Ocean, we sampled in 4,000 m to 5,000 m water depth from the Icelandic Basin to the Azores and Madeira, bridging the knowledge gap between prior expeditions. The faunal analysis will follow using an integrative approach, combining modern genomic methods with traditional, morphological taxonomy.

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