Southern mid-Atlantic Ridge: part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores

Target area: slopes of western Terceira Island.  Part of long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores.

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Target area: Slopes of Western Terceira Island

Objective: Long-term strategy to map deep-sea biodiversity and identify VMEs in the Azores

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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/