Report of the TANGO 2 expedition to the West Antarctic Peninsula ...
The TANGO2 expedition ventured to accumulate new information and samples to delineate responses of marine ecosystems to shifts in ice regimes in the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), taking full advantage of a nimble sampling platform, the R/V Australis, a steel hulled, fully rigged motor sailor. TANG...
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11653689 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11653689 |
| Summary: | The TANGO2 expedition ventured to accumulate new information and samples to delineate responses of marine ecosystems to shifts in ice regimes in the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP), taking full advantage of a nimble sampling platform, the R/V Australis, a steel hulled, fully rigged motor sailor. TANGO2 took place between February and March 2024, sampling three main locations at different spatial scales. Deploying 11 different types of gear (both traditional and modern), the TANGO2 Team gathered over 4000 physical samples that will be brought back to Belgium for further analysis. The Team focused on synchronized, transdisciplinary sampling to understand the linkages between realms (atmosphere, water column, seafloor) and there potential responses to changes in climate- changed linked ice regime at various spatial scales.Once more, the use of R/V Australis for coastal studies deemed to be extremely efficient, in terms of environmental impact (ca. 40 times less CO2 emissions than a Polar class icebreaker) and ... |
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