Albatroz, Girard, Maria Celeste, and Formigas seamounts, and Santa Maria island slopes (eastern Azores): part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores
Southern mid-Atlantic Ridge: part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores
Distant areas of the Azores EZ: part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores
Slopes of Faial, Pico and Sao Jorge islands: Part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores
Slopes of Corvo island: Part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores
Slopes of Faial and Pico islands: Part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores
Investigation of deep-sea coral and hydrothermal vent ecosystems of the central Mid-Atlantic Ridge: MB survey, towed camera survey, CTD-rosette, multicorer. The iMAR cruise aims to evaluate the role of the MAR in shaping the latitudinal and trans-Atlantic patterns in deep-sea biogeography, connectivity and assemblages of deep-sea megafauna.
Cruise report: https://zenodo.org/record/54822537
https://www.eurofleets.eu/2021/06/16/imar-cruise-finished-with-flying-colours/
Map benthic communities inhabiting unexplored areas around the Azores, identify new areas that fit the FAO VME definition; and determine distribution patterns of deep-sea benthic biodiversity.
Leg 1: 8 – 31 August 2020: Slopes of Graciosa island & Ilha Azul seamount
Leg 2: 24 September – 1 October 2020: Ilha Azul, Mar da Fortuna, Serreta and João Leonardes seamounts & W slopes of Terceira
Leg 3: 20-26 November 2020: Condor de Fora and Baixo de S. Mateus seamounts
Cruise report: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5503634
The MapGES 2019 cruise aimed to explore ridges and seamounts in the Azores EEZ to improve understanding of the drivers of distribution patterns of VME and commercial deep-sea fisheries.
Leg 1: Horta harbour-Horta Harbour,23 Jun 2019-02 Aug 2019
Leg 2: Horta harbour-Horta Harbour, 13 Aug 2019-24 Aug 2019
Leg 3: Horta harbour-Horta Harbour, 27 Aug 2019-03 Sep 2019
Cruise report available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3727570
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This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 818123 (iAtlantic). This output reflects only the author’s view and the European Union cannot be held responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.