BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

Oceanographic data acquired during the RADMED-ESMARES-0521 Cruise (29GD20210514) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2021, The general objective of the RADMED-ESMARES project is the multidisciplinary monitoring of the shelf and continental slope waters of the Spanish Mediterranean, including both the peninsular coast and the Balearic Islands. The area to be covered is very wide, so in order to optimize the available means, 17 sections are carried out covering the shelf and slope at strategic points of the coast, as well as others in the area of the channels of the Balearic Islands and the Gulf of Valencia where the transports through these determine to a great extent the regional hydrodynamics and affect the general circulation of the MEDOC. The variables to be monitored are physical, chemical and biological variables, aiming to study the hydrographic conditions, planktonic communities, seasonal cycles of these variables and their interannual variability. This monitoring allows us to implement our data banks, generate time series, establish ocean climatologies, study oscillations, trends, anomalies and their relationship with global warming and climate change

Oceanographic data acquired during the MIAU-DCM Cruise (29GD20210601) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2021, The MIAU-DCM campaign will study the biological characteristics of the deep chlorophyll maximum in the Northwest Mediterranean. To do this, the first 150-200 meters of the water column will be sampled with CTD along a transect between the towns of Blanes and a point near Cape Formentor, and from the continental shelf (depth 40-50 meters). Once the depth of the DCM has been defined, and its variability along the transect, the stations in which biological sampling will be carried out will be defined, which will consist of taking samples from approximately 100 m and the surface. In addition, station D (in the middle of the basin) will be characterized up to 2500 meters

Oceanographic data acquired during the SUMMIT Cruise (29GD20210610) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2021, The SUMMIT campaign consists of comparing three stations in the Catalan-Balearic Sea: station D in deep waters in the middle of the basin, on the way to the Menorca Canal, where shallow CTD sets will be made (200 m); station E in deep waters but somewhat more productive to the NE, where the same CTD sets will be made; and station S in platform waters near Blanes, with similar routines. Most of the tasks will consist of experiments on deck, especially in incubation tanks bathed with surface water

Oceanographic data acquired during the BACT&PLAST-1 Cruise (29GD20210621) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2021, BACT&PLAST-1 campaign will take place in the area is in front of the rivers mouths Llobregat and Besos. The tasks to be carried out consist of carrying out CTD transects and water sampling, obtaining sediment cores by multicorer, and trawling the manta trawl for microplastic fishing

Oceanographic data acquired during the BIOMAP Cruise (29GD20210909) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2021, The BIOMAP (Bio-Optical mapping of Marine Properties) campaign consists of sampling activities of optical properties of the surface layer in an area off the Ebro Delta and close to the Casablanca crude oil extraction platform. The objective is to collect accurate data for characterization and validation of the AERONET-OC measurement node installed on the platform. AERONET-OC is the main automatic network of optical radiometers for satellite radiometer validation activities

CCC-1 Cruise (29GD20220228) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2022., The FAR-DWO project aims to investigate the physical processes involved in the propagation of dense water cascades, quantify their ability to erode, transport and deposit sediment, and analyze their variability in past climate. The objective of the CCC1 campaign is to carry out a CTD and ADCP mesh to characterize the hydrological conditions, and obtain sediment cores to determine the sedimentary conditions of the Cap de Creus canyon.

Oceanographic data acquired during the BITER-1 Cruise (29GD20220917) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2022, The BITER-1 oceanographic campaign is part of the multidisciplinary project "Joint effort between BIology and TEchnology to monitor and recover species and ecosystems impacted by fishing through a network of marine Reserves (BITER)". The main objectives of the BITER-1 campaign are: 1) to obtain images with the ROV Liropus 2000 and with the AUV Girona 500 of the initial state of the 4 Reserves of Fishing Interest and their Control Areas at the time of the closure of the fishing activity; 2) to carry out the first tests of the use of new technology for the evaluation of the state of the ecosystem, as well as tests of the active monitoring of Nephrops norvegicus lobster individuals previously marked with experimental acoustic sensors. Individuals of the 3 main species of this habitat (an octopus, a fish and a shark) will also be equipped with sensors

Oceanographic data acquired during the GEQUI-2022 Cruise (29GD20221013) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2022, The main objective is to provide second year students with a campaign experience as similar as possible to oceanographic campaigns conducted by marine science researchers. With this objective, the aim is to expose students to different sampling techniques in chemical oceanography and marine geology

Oceanographic data acquired during the UNIBARNA-2023 Cruise (29GD20230214) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023, Training of students of the master of "Oceanography and managment of the marine environment" from Barcelona University in the acquisition of oceanographic data

Oceanographic data acquired during the BITER-2 Cruise (29GD20230220) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023, A joint effort between BIology and TEchnology to monitor and recover fishery-impacted species and ecosystems by implementing a network of marine Reserves (BITER).The objective of the campaign is to know the spatial distribution of the larval stages of the Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus, the target species of the project, and it is also intended to characterize the water masses associated with the distribution of the Norway lobster, oceanographic data that will be used to the validation of the bio-hydrodynamic model of the study area and for the elaboration (and validation) of a model of distribution, abundance and population connectivity of N. norvegicus