Probleme und Methoden der planktischen Arbeiten auf den Atlantischen Kuppenfahrten von F.S. "Meteor" März - Juli 1967

• Main Authors: Kinzer, Johannes, Hempel, Gotthilf
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: German
• Published: Bornträger 1970
• Subjects: Josephine; Meteor Bank; North Atlantic; Copepods
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56765/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/56765/1/Kinzer_J_1970.pdf

During the Atlantic Seamount Cruises 9 a and 9 c of R.V. "Meteor" in 1967, planktological studies were carried out in cooperation with several German and foreign scientists. Investigations concerning the seamounts were carried out in the area of the Great Meteor and the Josephine Bank in the eastern North Atlantic focussed on the question as to how benthos organisms maintain their populations and whether an additional transport of meropelagic larvae from the neighbouring continental shelfs support these populations. Moreover, the influence of the seamounts on the distribution of plankton in the surface layer was studied. In particular, the following studies were carried out: Distribution of zooplankton in the surface water of the seamounts and near their bottom, distribution of neuston and fish larvae in the area of investigation, vertical migration of makroplankton in the upper 900 m during several anchor stations in the vicinity of the seamounts, vertical distribution of phytoplankton in the upper 100 m of the Meteor Bank, distribution of copepods in the Mediterranean deep water of the Atlantic (where this body of water was traced with the Bathysonde) and the quantitative distribution of zooplankton in deep scattering layers. - The sampling gear and its closing devices are described. The results of the investigations will be published in "Meteor" Forschungsergebnisse, Series D.