Shelf–ocean exchanges in the Canaries–Iberia Large Marine Ecosystem
Today, a short note about the Caibex III cruise performed last August in the upwelling zone of Cape Ghir on board the research vessel "Sarmiento de Gamboa" and leadership by Dr. Javier Arístegui. Caibex is a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Research and mainly conducted by the University of Las Palmas, the Institute of Marine Sciences of Galicia and the National Institute of Oceanic Research of Morocco. The goal of Caibex is to study at the mesoscale level the flux of energy and matter between the upwelled waters and the oceanic realm. They try to quantify those fluxes and their variability in relation to two upwelling filament systems off Galicia and Morocco. During Caibex III they sampled from bacteria to fish and octopus larvae in the filament off Cape Ghir (see the picture below). They also perform some experiments using drifting buoys equipped with sediment traps and incubation systems for primary production and respiration. Now, they are on the way to process thousands of samples. Good luck!
Today, a short note about the Caibex III cruise performed last August in the upwelling zone of Cape Ghir on board the research vessel "Sarmiento de Gamboa" and leadership by Dr. Javier Arístegui. Caibex is a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Research and mainly conducted by the University of Las Palmas, the Institute of Marine Sciences of Galicia and the National Institute of Oceanic Research of Morocco. The goal of Caibex is to study at the mesoscale level the flux of energy and matter between the upwelled waters and the oceanic realm. They try to quantify those fluxes and their variability in relation to two upwelling filament systems off Galicia and Morocco. During Caibex III they sampled from bacteria to fish and octopus larvae in the filament off Cape Ghir (see the picture below). They also perform some experiments using drifting buoys equipped with sediment traps and incubation systems for primary production and respiration. Now, they are on the way to process thousands of samples. Good luck!
The sampled area. See the impressive filament off Cape Ghir, some of the oceanographic stations made and the trajectory of the drifting buoys.
The Seasoar used to obtain hydrological profiles underway.
All the orchestra.
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