BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

RODA Cruise (29GD20050602) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2005, The purpose of the campaign is to anchor a mooring, sample sediments, take samples with the CTD-Rosette

CARBOGIBOP-II Cruise (29GD20051124) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 2005, The exchange of both anthropogenic and natural inorganic carbon between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea through Strait of Gibraltar was studied for a period of two years under the frame of the CARBOOCEAN.t. A comprehensive sampling program was conducted, which was design to collect samples at eight fixed stations located in the Strait in successive cruises periodically distributed through the year in order to ensure a good spatial and temporal coverage. As a result of this monitoring, a time series namely GIFT (GIbraltar Fixed Time series) has been established, allowing the generation of an extensive data set of the carbon system parameters in the area.. At each station, a temperature and salinity profile was obtained with a Seabird 911Plus CTD probe, followed by water sampling using oceanographic Niskin bottles within a rosette. Seawater samples were taken subsequently at five variable depths,which were selected on board according to the information provided by the CTD cast on the instant position of the AMI. This strategy was aimed at collecting samples within the different water bodies present in the Strait, which permitted to acquire a proper vertical profile of the variables studied through the water column. Total alkalinity (AT ), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO) and inorganic nutrients were measured in the samples,DOC, anthropogenic and natural inorganic carbon they have also been calculated using formulas

TOMODEC Cruise (29HE20050104) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2005, TOMODEC. High resolution seismic tomography of Deception Island (Antarctica), and modelling of seismo-volcanic sources. In January 2005 a multi-parametric international experiment was conducted that encompassed both Deception Island and its surrounding waters. This experiment used as main platforms the Spanish Oceanographic vessel 'Hesperides', the Spanish Scientific Antarctic base 'Gabriel de Castilla' at Deception Island and four temporary camps deployed on the volcanic island. This experiment allowed us to record active seismic signals on a large network of seismic stations that were deployed both on land and on the seafloor. In addition other geophysical data were acquired, such as: bathymetric high precision multi-beam data, and gravimetric and magnetic profiles

ICEPOS-2 Cruise (29HE20050129) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2005, Complex interactions in the pelagic ecosystem of the southern ocean. Unraveling the antica paradox (ICEPOS). Subproject: Light and nutrients as resources: microplankton responses and genesis of spatial heterogeneity in the southern ocean. four experiments were conducted encompassing moderately to highly productive waters along the Antarctic Peninsula

GEOPRICO Cruise (29HE20050329) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2005, Geological, Puerto Rico-Dominican (GEOPRICO-DO), Survey of the Muertos Trough and the Seismogenic Zone North of the Virgin Islands, Lithospheric studies.The data acquired in the cruise were; multibeam bathymetry, potential fields (gravity and magnetism), multichannel reflection seismic, deep seismic sounding with record on stations on land and streamers and OBS`s

BREOGHAM Cruise (29HE20050906) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2005, Geological study for the amplification of the Spanish continental shelf in accordance with Art. 76 of the United Nations convention on the law of the sea (unclos) in the Galician and Cantabrian Sea / Celtic Sea margins. Multichannel seismic reflection, multibeam bathymetry, high resolution parametric echosounding and rock sampling will be made