BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

INDEMARES-2 Cruise (29GD20100606) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2010, To study the benthic communities of the Cap de Creus canyon and the Menorca channel.The campaign began with the bathymetric and geomorphological characterization of the southern area of the canyon from which we had no information.Transects were made with the submarine JAGO

INDEMARES-3 Cruise (29GD20100903) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2010, To study the benthic communities of the Cap de Creus canyon and the Menorca channel.The study area of the campaign is the north and south slope of the channel and the semi-deep zones of the southern canyon of Menorca adjacent to the channel, and the objective was to collect geological, oceanographic and bionomic information of the study area through transects of video of the benthic communities that inhabit the continental slope.The use of the submarine JAGO was a priority during the course of the campaign,A total of 10 dives were performed, in which video transects were made and samples were collected (rocks, benthic organisms and zooplankton).Dredge sets were made by Van Veen (24 hauls) and Martin Rauschert (10), to characterize the infauna and megafauna communities, respectively. Zooplankton fishing was also carried out through the zooplankton net (7 hauls) and zooplankton pump to characterize heterotrophic plankton populations in the area. In addition, water samples and profiles of CTD and rosette (9 hauls) were also obtained in order to characterize the water column at the physico-chemical level. We also proceeded to characterize the water column and the particulate matter fluxes of the Son Bou canyon through anchoring / mooring. During the night work shift, once all activities on the deck had been completed, sweeps were performed with the multibeam probe to characterize the bathymetry of the study areas