Cruises

We’re field-oriented and lab members have taken part in research cruises in many parts of the world. Here’s some info on some of our recent cruises, along with selected images from sea.

EMB297: Baltic Sea, August – September 2022

EMB 297 Cruise track

This cruise was led by Dr. Natalie Loick-Wilde of the Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde to explore the impact of nitrogen fixation on planktonic food webs of the Baltic Sea. We staged out of Rostock, Germany.

EMB lab
Nitrogen Fixation work area on EMB297
Filtration to terminate an experiment.
Plankton net ready for deployment on EMB297.
Dr. Ana Fernandez-Carrera filtering samples aboard EMB297
Deck incubators with experimental bottles.
FS Elisabeth Mann Borgese
FS Elisabeth Mann Borgese

M174: Atlantic and Amazon Plume Region, April-May 2021

M174 Cruise track.

This cruise was led by Dr. Maren Voss of the Institut für Ostseeforschung, Warnemünde to explore the impact of the Amazon Plume on nitrogen fixation and productivity in the Tropical Atlantic. We staged out of Las Palmas in the Canaries and returned to Emden Germany, with a fuel stop in the Azores.

Bosun’s doorplate.
Noemie Choisnard and Jacqueline Umbricht supervising our departure.
Meteor CTD-Rosette.
Noemie sending a message in a bottle.
Sargassum windrow.
Sargassum
Dipnet full of Sargassum.
Eagle entering Ponta Delgada.
USCGC Eagle