Structure and function of seamount ecosystems in the Cape Verde Region, Northeast Atlantic - Cruise No. 79/3 - September 24 - October 23, 2009 - Las Palmas/Spain - Mindelo/Cape Verde

• Main Authors: Christiansen, Bernd, Brand, Tim, Büntzow, Marco, Busecke, Julius, Coelho, Rui, Correia, Sandra, Denda, Anneke, Diniz, Tania, Jung, Sarina, Kaufmann, Manfred, Kieneke, Alexander, Kiriakoulakis, Kostas, Koppelmann, Rolf, Kuhnert, Jutta, Kwasnitschka, Tom, Lamont, Peter, Martin, Bettina, Montgomery, John, Peine, Florian, Piedade, Alberto, Reichelt, Theresa, Rieger, Verena, Schmidt, Alexander, Stahl, Henrik, Tiedtke, Josephine, Truscheit, Thorsten, Turnewitsch, Robert, Unger, Katrin, Vogel, Sandra, Warneke-Cremer, Cornelia
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: DFG-Senatskommission für Ozeanographie 2011
• Subjects: Earth Science; Earth sciences and geology; Las Palmas; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.2312/cr_m79_3; https://www.tib.eu/suchen/id/awi:41d10c2fd4e2c9af55067f82e7623357cd2468e2

Cruise M79/3 aimed at physical, biogeochemical and biological sampling at and around seamounts in the Cape Verde region. These seamounts are important targets for the local fishery, but nearly nothing is known about their ecology. In order to gain an advanced understanding of the functioning of thes...