BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

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.

Oceanographic data acquired during the CCC-2 Cruise (29GD20230309) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., The FAR-DWO project aims to investigate the physical processes involved in the spread of dense water cascades, quantify their erosion capacity, transport and deposit sediment and analyze its conservation in the past climate. The objective of the CCC2-4 campaigns is to carry out a CTD and ADCP mesh for the Characterization of hydrological conditions during submarine waterfall events. In addition, if oceanographic conditions allow it, it is planned to carry out a mapping bathymetry and characterization of the seabed in great detail of a specific sector of the head (less than 500 m deep) of the Cap de Creus canyon by using of the AUV Girona 500.

Oceanographic data acquired during the ABRIC-4 Cruise (29GD20230310) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., Assessment of Bottom‐trawling Resuspension Impacts in deep benthic Communities (ABRIC)

Oceanographic data acquired during the MICOLOR-1 Cruise (29GD20230428) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., The MICOLOR-1 campaign has been designed to capture the maximum diversity of stations based on their productivity. It is about measuring sedimentation flows to the bottom of the ocean and at the same time measuring the structure of the communities of microorganisms in the particles on the surface, in the deep maximum of chlorophyll, at approx. 200 m and in the mesopelagic. The surface and those depths will be characterized by measuring nutrients, chlorophyll, flow cytometry, and the activity of algae and bacteria. The community will be studied by DNA sequencing on the particles.

Oceanographic data acquired during the ECOREST_AUV Cruise (29GD20230602) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., The ECOREST_AUV campaign will focus on monitoring restored populations in closed areas and adjacent fishing grounds to assess the evolution of restored populations and monitor the evolution of ecosystem services provided, as well as the provision of habitat, breeding areas or a possible spillover effect of closed areas in adjacent areas.

Oceanographic data acquired during the ARCO Cruise (29GD20230626) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., Assessment of fishing grounds Restoration after a Change of bottom trawling Otter boards (ARCO). The main objective of the ARCO project is to study the current sedimentary processes related with trawling activity in the Palamós submarine canyon after the change of trawl doors by the Palamós harbor fleet. The impacts of this type of fishing in deep-sea environments are considered very high due to their intensity and recurrence, and to the fact that sediment dynamics are less energetic and the benthonic ecosystems are more vulnerable and have less resilience than in neritic or shelf environments

Oceanographic data acquired during the CONPART Cruise (29GD20230627) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., Connectivity of particle-attached prokaryotes across continental margins and their potential use as particle source and organic carbon degradation proxies (CONPART).This campaign is part of the study of the connectivity of microbial communities associated with suspended particles on continental margins along a vertical gradient in the water column and horizontally along a submarine canyon to evaluate their potential use. as tracers of the origin and level of degradation of organic particles. The objective of the CONPART project is to improve our understanding of the interactions between the dynamics of particles and the microbial diversity associated with them and also to know their functionality to see if they are functionally diverse, and can adapt to the environmental changes that occur during the particulate matter transport.

Oceanographic data acquired during the DOGMA Cruise (29GD20230704) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid 2023., The DOGMA cruise is a single day campaign to collect water and particles for subsequent organic matter degradation experiments.

Oceanographic data acquired during the CASABLANCA Cruise (29GD20230707) on board the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2023., The campaign consists of the deployment of an observatory of hydrographic properties of the water column (CASABLANCA Observatory) at a fixed point on the Ebro Delta platform, within the security zone of the CASABLANCA crude oil extraction platform.

Oceanographic data acquired during theZEE-2021 Cruise (29HE20210325) on board the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2021, ZEE-2021: Study of the Spanish Economic Zone in the Canary Islands.