BUSCADOR RECOLECTA

BREDDIES Cruise (29HE20021227) carried out on the Research Vessel Hespérides in 2002, Mesoscale vortices/meanders in the central portion of the Bransfield Strait: identification and physical–biological coupling-BREDDIES. The general objective of this project is their identification and the study of the coupling between the underlying physical processes and the plankton community. With this aim an interdisciplinary sampling was conducted in the region, with spatial resolution and a degree of interdisciplinary interaction not previously carried on. Through the observations we aim at gaining a better physical and biological characterization of these structures as well as understanding the adjustment mechanisms between the physical processes (water column stability, diapycnal mixing, advection) and the planktonic community (abundance and structure). Additionally we will develop a physical-biological model that allows us to understand and diagnose the nature of such coupling. In this way the results of this project could contribute to the identification of mesoscale structures not previously described and to a better understanding of the adjustment between the planktonic community and the physical environment in the marine antarctic system at the mesoscale range

MATER-8 Cruise (29GD19980320) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, Mass transfer and Ecosystem response

QUIMERA-2 Cruise (29GD19980507) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, To study the body size tendencies within and among species in the deep-sea of the western Mediterranean

FLUXALB-II Cruise (29GD19980515) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, During the campaign, 3 moorings will be recovered and reinstalled with sediment traps, correntímeters and transmisometers. Will be made 2 profiles of 6 points taking samples of water of large volume (30L). Three transects of CTD will be realized with a total of 60 stations, taking samples of water with niskin bottles installed in rosette of 12 bottles .Pattern of atmospheric particulate material .Meteorological conditions registration

DOÑANA Cruise (29GD19980519) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, Contamination in the bottom and suspended sediments of the Guadalquivir estuary after the Aznalcollar spill (south-western Spain)

FRENTES-98 Cruise (29GD19980609) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, The campaign basically consists of the study of a filament, from the African upwelling to the Canaries, and of a whirlpool induced by the island of Gran Canaria

GIBRALTAR Cruise (29GD19980720) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, Geophysical study on Strait of Gibraltar

IMPACT-98 Cruise (29GD19980907) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, to study the impact of bottom trawling on the sediment and benthic communities in the NW Mediterranean, in support of the common fisheries polic

LEA Cruise (29GD19980922) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, Trophic networks and energy flow in benthic communities

CURSET Cruise (29GD19980929) carried out on the Research Vessel García del Cid in 1998, Practical theoretical course on the use of the experimental trawling system MARIETA