Plattform Platform	Reise-Nr. Cruise-No.	Zeitraum Period	Projekt Project	Arbeitsgebiet Working area
Elisabeth Mann Borgese	EMB314 BMP	15.03.2023 - 28.03.2023	BLMP+	Baltic Sea Central Baltic Sea

Fahrtleiter Chief Scientist	Institut Institute	Auslaufhafen Port of departure	Einlaufhafen Port of return	Stationskarte Station map	Schiffsroute Trackchart
Mohrholz Volker	Leibniz-Institut fur Ostseeforschung, Warnemunde	Rostock	Rostock

Ziel der Reise / Objectives of Cruise:

The cruise EMB314 was carried out as a joined cruise of the environmental monitoring program of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) and the Baltic Sea long term observation program of the Leibniz-Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemunde (IOW). It was the second cruise in a series of five expeditions performed annually. The work program of EMB314 consisted of field data acquisition for the national environmental monitoring in the German EEZ, which is performed in context with the Helsinki Commission (HELCOM) and federal programs to evaluate the status of coastal regions in North and Baltic Sea (BMLP). This work package is based on contract between the Federal Maritime Agency (BSH) and IOW as administrative agreement since 1991. The second work package is part of IOWs Baltic Sea long-term observation program, related to the institutes research foci "changing ecosystems", "basin-scale ecosystem dynamics" and to a smaller extent for "small- and mesoscale processes". The central task is a continuously ongoing data collection of time series at key stations spanning from the western to central Baltic Sea, initiated since 1969. Since 1997 it is complemented by permanent moorings in the Eastern Gotland Basin. The gathered data are the back bone of research on the natural variability of the ecosystem, anthropogenic influences and the impact of climate change on the Baltic Sea. The gathered data depict a high resolution snapshot of the early spring conditions in the Baltic in a year without a larger salt water inflow during winter. The cruise was performed in partly bad weather conditions. However, all planned research activities were realised.

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Verankerungen / Moorings